CPTSD: Managing the emotional flashback
A key factor in those of us suffering from Complex PTSD is the emotional flashback. It is triggered by things that may be too subtle for the conscious mind to notice, but the subconscious misses nothing! So... suddenly, the subconscious thinks it is in an old scene, one with sadness, futility, abandonment, all sorts of things that make up depression, and it reproduces the emotions of that scene. It can't help it, that's how it works. We don't realize it because... it is just how we feel! And we... Sign in to see full entry.