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amygdala hijackings”]
When you are stuck in a flashback, fear, shame and/or depression can dominate your experience.
You feel little, fragile and helpless. Everything feels too hard. Life is too scary. Being seen feels excruciatingly vulnerable. Your battery seems to be dead.
Everything feels overwhelming and confusing, especially because there are rarely any visual components to a Cptsd flashback.
[Feeling small and fragile is a sign of a flashback.]
Other common triggers include making a mistake, asking for help,
