What Induces Fear?

Hear Again said:
off-topic...

i can't remember if you've mentioned this before. do you hallucinate during your flashbacks? i do. i relive the traumas i experienced and hear the voices of those who were responsible for them.

(sorry for the off-topic post everyone.)
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Yes, although if it's flashback material, I don't know if it counts as hallucinations. I have had flashback material mixed in with hallucinations, for example once I was re-experiencing a trauma all the while feeling a rat against my arm, which I know wasn't part of the traumatic experience.
 
Nika said:
Yes, although if it's flashback material, I don't know if it counts as hallucinations. I have had flashback material mixed in with hallucinations, for example once I was re-experiencing a trauma all the while feeling a rat against my arm, which I know wasn't part of the traumatic experience.
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from what my therapist told me, you're hallucinating if you hear voices of those who were responsible for your traumas and/or you re-experience the trauma as if it is happening all over again. the latter would be considered a visual hallucination -- although since i was born totally blind, it's still an auditory hallucination since i only hear voices and can't "see" anything that happened to me or the people who traumatized me.
 
Hear Again said:
from what my therapist told me, you're hallucinating if you hear voices of those who were responsible for your traumas and/or you re-experience the trauma as if it is happening all over again. the latter would be considered a visual hallucination -- although since i was born totally blind, it's still an auditory hallucination since i only hear voices and can't "see" anything that happened to me or the people who traumatized me.
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The bulk of my traumas were during my blind years so my flashbacks are also tactile and auditory and sometimes olfactory. I have visual information in some of them but it doesn't go beyond light perception. I didn't having a flashback was considered hallucinating. I guess that makes sense.
 
Oh jeez, in my recent experience, that would be bad neighborhoods. I will not trust any gang type individuals roaming the streets.
 
Nika said:
The bulk of my traumas were during my blind years so my flashbacks are also tactile and auditory and sometimes olfactory. I have visual information in some of them but it doesn't go beyond light perception. I didn't having a flashback was considered hallucinating. I guess that makes sense.
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perhaps jillio can answer that question. this is what my therapist told me and when you think about it, it does make sense that it would be a visual hallucination since you are playing the event over again in your mind and seeing what actually happened.
 
Nika said:
The bulk of my traumas were during my blind years so my flashbacks are also tactile and auditory and sometimes olfactory. I have visual information in some of them but it doesn't go beyond light perception. I didn't having a flashback was considered hallucinating. I guess that makes sense.
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i'm also able to experience my flashbacks in a tactile and olfactory sense. i neglected to mention that in an earlier post.
 
Nika said:
I was thinking the same thing! Not only large women--anyone!
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exactly.

even my own anger (when i'm manic) frightens me. i experience such intense anger that i end up saying things i don't mean.
 
Jess said:
Really, if my supervisors cannot be clear with me or have no idea what they are talking about, I am VERY vocal about it! :pissed:
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I usually get so frightened that I loose my ability to vocalize. Sometimes I even just run out of the room (and don't come back).
 
Jess said:
Really, if my supervisors cannot be clear with me or have no idea what they are talking about, I am VERY vocal about it! :pissed:
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And the Polices hate that. They don't want the suspect to talk about how awful things are. All they want is a proof.


Beside, have you ever seen a large woman getting mad over her food? She'd eat it all, but it was not what she wanted, so she'd yell with her mouth full and wave the plate in the air. If I was the waiter, I'd hide.
 
Hear Again, I was wondering if you experience "flashes" of light, especially when you are startled?
 
Nika said:
I usually get so frightened that I loose my ability to vocalize. Sometimes I even just run out of the room (and don't come back).
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when this kind of thing happens to me, i'm too immobilized to move or speak.
 
Jess said:
Hear Again, I was wondering if you experience "flashes" of light, especially when you are startled?
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no, i don't. since i was born totally blind and never saw light before, i don't see any flashes of light or otherwise.

when i'm startled, i freeze up completely and can't move. sometimes depending on a person's actions (for example, if they touch me), i will start experiencing a flashback.
 
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