You walk into your living room after getting out of bed in the morning feeling apprehensive and afraid, but there is nothing to be afraid of that you can observe. An overwhelming sense that something terrible is about to happen permeates your thoughts, and you do not feel at all safe.
You have just experienced an emotional flashback.
This article will examine the definition of emotional flashbacks, their causes, and some grounding techniques to help you when they attack.
What are Emotional Flashbacks?
To explain the definition of emotional flashbacks, it is first necessary to define what are flashbacks.
Flashbacks are what we all think of when we think of the term flashback from the movies or television where veterans of war relive the memories they have of combat. They see, hear, smell, feel, and even taste what was going on at that moment in the past where they became traumatized.
Flashbacks are easily definable and connectable to a singular traumatic event that can occur anytime in a person’s life, such as a soldier living through an enemy attack or a child experiencing living through a tornado.
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