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sillieststardrop
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🪄🔮 silly wizard girl doing its very best.

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advice for coping with trauma-related flashbacks?
Trauma Support / by sillieststardrop
Last post
 June 9th, 2023
...See more I feel like when I have flashbacks I can’t stay grounded. I never know what day it is or what time and I get tactile and olfactory hallucinations relating to my trauma. Does anyone else experience this? It’s really hard for me to function as an adult when any time I’m confronted with my (admittedly common) triggers I have to go lie down in a dark room and try to find a way to get myself to sleep because I can’t handle being awake when I remember it. It’s like 90% of the time I forget anything ever happened to me and the other 10% I’m painfully aware of it because it feels like it’s still happening. If anyone else experiences anything similar, is there anything that works for you to keep you grounded in the present? I hate that feeling like I’m drifting off and I don’t know what year it is. I have responsibilities I can’t just put on hold because my body wants me to play dead. But years later, I still don’t know how to cope with the flashbacks. I’ve tried having something with me that smells strong but it usually ends up making me sick. Sometimes it’s not enough just to have my comfort object with me, either. I’ve tried engaging my body with exercise but I honestly just end up injuring myself more often than not. There’s got to be more I can do than lying down and giving into it for a few days until I forget about it again, right?
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