Comments on: Managing Emotional Flashbacks https://cptsdfoundation.org/2021/01/11/managing-emotional-flashbacks/ The Foundation for Post-Traumatic Healing and Complex Trauma Research Mon, 23 Mar 2026 20:16:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Unseen Scars: How Emotional Abuse Impacts Mental Health Long-Term – Kinder in the Keys https://cptsdfoundation.org/2021/01/11/managing-emotional-flashbacks/#comment-51276 Mon, 23 Mar 2026 20:16:16 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=235385#comment-51276 […] no escape. Survivors of long-term emotional abuse often display symptoms of C-PTSD. This includes emotional flashbacks—sudden, intense regressions to the feeling states of the abuse (fear, shame, helplessness) […]

]]> By: Mary https://cptsdfoundation.org/2021/01/11/managing-emotional-flashbacks/#comment-19279 Sun, 02 Jul 2023 19:40:34 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=235385#comment-19279 In reply to Shirley Davis.

Can the feeling be sadness? I feel more sadness, but it could be shame underlying what I now feel was unfair loss. I don’t know for certain if I have CPTSD. I have never sought that diagnosis. I do have a high ACES score.

I’m afraid my flashbacks are affecting current relationships and I fear losing my housing.

]]> By: Shirley Davis https://cptsdfoundation.org/2021/01/11/managing-emotional-flashbacks/#comment-8573 Wed, 08 Sep 2021 15:29:06 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=235385#comment-8573 In reply to Alice Ekengren Leijon.

Welcome to our site! We offer several programs that are reasonably priced that are very helpful plus we have a blog that is full of information. There are scholarships available for those who cannot pay. I hope you find the help you are looking for. Shirley

]]> By: Alice Ekengren Leijon https://cptsdfoundation.org/2021/01/11/managing-emotional-flashbacks/#comment-8557 Wed, 08 Sep 2021 09:14:30 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=235385#comment-8557 Hi! I am from Sweden and try to find some help for my cptsd. I have not find anyting here that can help me. I would love some support and help from you.

]]> By: Raised By A Narcissist: How Childhood Abuse Shaped Me | Hopeful Panda https://cptsdfoundation.org/2021/01/11/managing-emotional-flashbacks/#comment-7292 Fri, 23 Jul 2021 16:04:27 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=235385#comment-7292 […] Certain words, tones, sounds, or facial expressions could make me cry, put me in a panic, and/or remind me of painful memories even before my brain could register what happened or how I’m feeling. A lot of these triggers are impossible to avoid, so I’m learning to work through them when they come up. I’ve recently learned that these are called emotional flashbacks. […]

]]> By: The ability to heal is within all of us - Helen Nomura https://cptsdfoundation.org/2021/01/11/managing-emotional-flashbacks/#comment-4070 Mon, 22 Mar 2021 06:54:22 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=235385#comment-4070 […] for me. It was called Complex PTSD, From Surviving to Thriving, by Pete Walker. I learned about emotional flashbacks and it explained how something relatively small could trigger one and take you back to intense […]

]]> By: Overcoming Emotional Flashbacks – Learn About DID https://cptsdfoundation.org/2021/01/11/managing-emotional-flashbacks/#comment-3478 Sat, 30 Jan 2021 19:01:20 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=235385#comment-3478 […] have already discussed in a previous post the 13 steps to managing emotional flashbacks as proposed by Pete Walker, but it […]

]]> By: Overcoming Emotional Flashbacks with Self-Compassion | CPTSDfoundation.org https://cptsdfoundation.org/2021/01/11/managing-emotional-flashbacks/#comment-3418 Mon, 25 Jan 2021 12:33:32 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=235385#comment-3418 […] have already discussed in a previous post the 13 steps to managing emotional flashbacks as proposed by Pete Walker, but it […]

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