Comments on: Meandering Michele’s Mind: 18 Tips For Coping With A Flashback http://healmyptsd.com/2009/03/meandering-michele%e2%80%99s-mind-18-tips-for-coping-with-a-flashback.html Support, education and information about Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:17:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bee http://healmyptsd.com/2009/03/meandering-michele%e2%80%99s-mind-18-tips-for-coping-with-a-flashback.html/comment-page-1#comment-7788 Bee Thu, 10 Mar 2011 03:25:36 +0000 http://healmyptsd.com/2009/03/meandering-michele%e2%80%99s-mind-18-tips-for-coping-with-a-flashback.html#comment-7788 A good place to scream where no one can hear you is in your car - especially at night. I'm really good at math, so one thing I like to do to help me cope with a flashback is to do multi-step math problems in my head and keep adding more and more steps to them until the flashback is gone or I am fully grounded again. A good place to scream where no one can hear you is in your car – especially at night.

I’m really good at math, so one thing I like to do to help me cope with a flashback is to do multi-step math problems in my head and keep adding more and more steps to them until the flashback is gone or I am fully grounded again.

]]> By: Michele Rosenthal http://healmyptsd.com/2009/03/meandering-michele%e2%80%99s-mind-18-tips-for-coping-with-a-flashback.html/comment-page-1#comment-1478 Michele Rosenthal Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:33:00 +0000 http://healmyptsd.com/2009/03/meandering-michele%e2%80%99s-mind-18-tips-for-coping-with-a-flashback.html#comment-1478 @Anonymous - Great advice: "Most of all is to know that the memories that you are experiencing are not the here and now but just memories."<br /><br />That's really the crux of all PTSD healing, isn't it? To remember the past is behind us and we can move away from it. @Anonymous – Great advice: “Most of all is to know that the memories that you are experiencing are not the here and now but just memories.”

That’s really the crux of all PTSD healing, isn’t it? To remember the past is behind us and we can move away from it.

]]> By: Anonymous http://healmyptsd.com/2009/03/meandering-michele%e2%80%99s-mind-18-tips-for-coping-with-a-flashback.html/comment-page-1#comment-1479 Anonymous Thu, 12 Mar 2009 10:08:00 +0000 http://healmyptsd.com/2009/03/meandering-michele%e2%80%99s-mind-18-tips-for-coping-with-a-flashback.html#comment-1479 I've found that a useful thing is to 'lock' yourself into the five senses. Pay attention to the surroundings in detail.<br /><br />Whilst doing this let the memories happen - as if they were a rerun you've seen many times before which is a bit dull.<br /><br />Sometimes I know that means that I become anxious but it passes.<br /><br />Most of all is to know that the memories that you are experiencing are not the here and now but just memories. I’ve found that a useful thing is to ‘lock’ yourself into the five senses. Pay attention to the surroundings in detail.

Whilst doing this let the memories happen – as if they were a rerun you’ve seen many times before which is a bit dull.

Sometimes I know that means that I become anxious but it passes.

Most of all is to know that the memories that you are experiencing are not the here and now but just memories.

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