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With a salute to "Pride" as a deadly sin, I am rather proud of how I have been riding the current flashback episode. It is hard to know from the center of the storm, but I believe I have been able to separate reminders from memory while staying aware of the here and now, albeit a bit unfocused while letting the flashback sequence play itself out unimpeded. I think. That is my goal, anyway. Writing it out brought on a flashback sequence of times my goal was ABC and my actions were &^%#&%$#*(($%. Another salute to "Pride" as a deadly sin?
Anyhoo. . . . Been pondering the mechanics of flashbacks. What is the actual sequence I go through during a flashback episode?
My personal flashbacks seem to daisy chain. One leads to another, to another, to another. . . My most consistent imagery for it is a string of firecrackers. ( http://www.theblaze.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/06-Black-Cat-Fireworks-620x366.jpg )
I am plying my "Small Bytes and Long Chews" mantra today.
Still chewing. . .
Chew alongs welcome. . .
Anyhoo. . . . Been pondering the mechanics of flashbacks. What is the actual sequence I go through during a flashback episode?
My personal flashbacks seem to daisy chain. One leads to another, to another, to another. . . My most consistent imagery for it is a string of firecrackers. ( http://www.theblaze.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/06-Black-Cat-Fireworks-620x366.jpg )
I am plying my "Small Bytes and Long Chews" mantra today.
Still chewing. . .
Chew alongs welcome. . .
I tend to get stuck on one flashback. It hits, then recurs, and after a week or two, I finally seem (*seem* the operative word here) to have exhausted it (and vice versa).... You have a string of firecrackers. I have a pothole...
Soft and easy as you ponder and masticate, Arfie.