In TV and film, PTSD is pretty much always depicted with vivid visual flashbacks, but the reality is that PTSD has a whole bunch of symptoms and, for a lot of us who are coping with trauma, flashbacks are rare or not present at all.
I had my first flashback this year last night. It was traumatic and felt very real to me, but it was mostly auditory and over very quickly, totally different to the high contrast, full colour interpretations you’d see in the media.
We only ever really seem to see a tiny slice of very complex disorders discussed and represented but, if you or a loved one is diagnosed with PTSD, it’s important to remember that you might experience symptoms that you didn’t know were part of it, but that’s ok and normal too 🌼
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