Flashbacks are intense memories accompanied by images and emotions that make you feel like you’re re-experiencing a traumatic event. They are common symptoms of PTSD and other trauma-related ...

Intrusive memories in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are a part of re-experiencing trauma. They can take the form of flashbacks, nightmares, and other types of involuntary emotional recall.

A flashback is when a person relives a traumatic memory. This could be via intrusive memories, but it could also be via reliving certain emotions or physical sensations from the event. The media ...

Researchers used smartphone surveys and MRI scans to track how 114 trauma survivors experience intrusive memories in their ...

Playing the video game Tetris can significantly reduce a hallmark symptom of PTSD- unpleasant and intrusive memories of a traumatic event. The corresponding study was published in BMC Medicine. Tetris ...

PTSD can manifest differently in each individual, but common symptoms include intrusive memories, nightmares, flashbacks, and avoidance of triggers. Negative thoughts, self-isolation, anger, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about Black and neurodivergent identity in the workplace. Having post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is far from easy.

There’s yet another reason to love dogs. Humankind’s furry best friends could potentially sniff out flashbacks from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) before they happen, according to a study ...

Since June is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Month it seems relevant to focus on the common but debilitating symptom of flashbacks that so often accompanies a PTSD diagnosis. Flashbacks can ...

A single treatment session, which includes the video game Tetris, can reduce symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This has been shown in a new study carried out with healthcare ...

A simple, digital intervention that includes mentally playing Tetris can dramatically reduce intrusive memories of trauma in a month, even to the point of being symptom-free after six months, new ...