Flashback (psychological phenomenon)

A flashback is a psychological phenomenon in which someone remembers a past experience. The term is usually used only when the memory is recalled involuntarily, and/or when it is so intense that the person "relives" (especially if a memory is stored in the procedural memory mainly) the experience, unable to fully recognize it as being a memory.

Related Topics:
Psychological - Experience - Procedural memory

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When it occurs involuntarily, the flashback may be due to a disorder such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), such as in cases of remembering a war trauma or sexual abuse trauma, or Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder, and may be related to the use of psychedelic drugs.

Related Topics:
Disorder - Post-traumatic stress disorder - War - Sexual abuse - Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder - Psychedelic drug

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