Published on 12, July, 2020
Hello. Recently diagnosed (late) and less than 5 people know so far - and my animal.
Deluge of flashbacks from childhood, and not great things I'll just say (traumatic) - the whole flashback thing is new to me. Perhaps triggered by one of the assessment questionnaires - the one that assessment exposure to traumatic events for possible PTSD. It made me realize how many times some things occured. I don't have PTSD, tho, despite the score, which is good.)
The flashbacks are really inconvenient and keep occuring so it looks like I have to get help for that now too. For someone who never thought to get help and never realized i wasn't "neurotypical" (<--new word) - it's a lot to process.
Is it because my mind NOW understands why/how those things could have happened, so it's causing me to remember them so I can process them in light of the diagnosis?
DID/does ANYONE ELSE deal with the flashback thing after the looong assessment process?
- Amber
I get this a lot, even more so now when I have to think back and remember things from my past. More and more stuff keeps emerging and I get quite distressed from it. I'm hoping it will subside eventually
for me the flashbacks were worse when they first came back and when the cptsd is fierce.
the more love, care and understanding poured in at the time the stronger and happier I get - I really hope it's the same for you