How do you stop having flashbacks.?

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How do you stop having flashbacks.?

Answer 1

Katie, That is a loaded question, which would probably be more wisely addressed to a professional (psychologist, your doctor, clergy, etc.) which I am not, then on a public message board like this.  That being said and not knowing exactly what kind of "flashback" you are concerned about, my only advice would be to try to put your "flashbacks" into perspective....It's a memory, a past experience or feeling rather then the 'now' present.  Sort of a phantom of something past and gone.  It has no real life or form of it's own, so if you recognize it as such (empty) when it happens, then its potency and power over your current living moment is negated and you can turn your attention to simply experiencing 'being in the present' (I'm paraphrasing old eastern wisdom here, but it seems like a potential starting point.)   PLEASE, don't latch onto my musings as 'the answer' though.  Instead, as I said above, seek out assistance from someone who is a professional and trained to help folks with this sort of issue.  Blessings...