What are trauma-related emotional flashbacks? Learn the signs, triggers, and treatment options for emotional flashbacks in adults and discover ways to cope.
Posttraumatic stress disorder flashbacks are like a memory, or part of a memory, that feels like it’s happening right now. So if you have experienced trauma and have PTSD, you may have times when it feels like you are reliving the trauma.
One common symptom of both PTSD and C-PTSD is flashbacks, which are involuntary, intense and often distressing memories of the traumatic event that can be triggered by certain stimuli. PTSD flashbacks can take many forms and can vary in intensity and duration.