Trauma-related flashbacks — Trauma-related flashbacks are episodes of reexperiencing a traumatic event as though it is happening in the present. Awareness of current surroundings varies in intensity and duration. They are distinct from remembering an event while fully recognizing it as past. [Source](https://www.ptsd.va.gov/understand/what/ptsd_basics.asp) — Reexperiencing symptom.

Added October 5, 2026