##### Emotional Flashback Emotional Flashback refers to the extreme [[💡 Emotional Dysregulation|Exile Activation]] that arises when a current experience (usually an [[⭐️ Emotions|⭐️ emotion]]) reminds us of how it felt in the past to experience that emotion. We're not just feeling our current experience, we're re-living our emotional history. This often looks like becoming immediately [[💡 Overwhelm|overwhelmed]], even in absence of any clear memory or story. [[🔑 If the response feels disproportionate it’s about something else|🔑 If it’s intense, it’s yours]]. If we're disproportionately upset about something, we're likely having an emotional flashback. ###### Related - [[🛠 Pete Walker's 13 Steps to Managing Emotional Flashbacks]] - [[🦮 How to Soothe Triggered Parts]] [^1]: