When I notice a flashback, I think, 'Reruns. Jeez, isn't there anything better on?" and 'change the channel'.

How do you change the channel when you are in such a bad place, and you are scared out of your mind.

I guess the meds help with how I 'feel' about it. At first, I'm scared to death, then I remember that it was long long ago in a galaxy far far away...

if im lucky, im home and my wife helps be getting me to focus on something else

I get up and move around... I like music so I put my headphones on... and if I'm lucky I with someone that understands and talk me through them..

For my flashbacks, I used to take off my shoes and go outside and walk, paying close attention to the feel of the earth under my feet. It was the physical sensation, the feeling of movement, and the rhythm of walking that helped. Sometimes I would count my steps as I walked.
If you try this, make sure that you have a safe place to walk, away from traffic.

If I can I like to blast out the music, now I have taken to a punching bag and a small bag just the rythmic punching and the concentration it takes to hit that bag in a certin pattern an get a rythem going not nessacaraly hard just in time.It takes pratice and concetration takes your mind off other things I think it's a training bag?I also try to draw but sometimes the pyhsical release lately is better.Wrighting them down and buring them later has helped as well, I have had nightmares associated with my flashbacks and I find burning them a way of trying to rid myself of them.No right way to deal just whatever can get your mind to focus on something else and get you up.I find if I don't do something as soon as I start feeling those flashbacks, I get to scared and end up in a place I don't want to be, alone and terrified.

I try to go for a walk because I tend to want to self harm when I have a flashback. If things get really bad, I rely on my old friend Xanax.