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flashback

flashback In mental health, a flashback is a dissociative experience in which a person feels or acts as though a traumatic event is happening again.

In mental health, a flashback is a dissociative experience in which a person feels or acts as though a traumatic event is happening again. It can involve reliving the event and may include altered perceptions such as illusions or hallucination-like experiences.

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