How do you handle flashbacks?

This is HARD. I know how you feel. I often have found distraction is the only way to go.

If I pop a piece of candy into my mouth or read something outloud, or smell something like vanilla oil, it takes edge off. Sometimes a bath helps. But when these things occur in public places (mine used to flare up when standing in line)it's difficult.

I used to carry a cough drop in my pocket. One therapist suggested making clapping noises or doing something very physical when the flashbacks occur. I cannot afford therapy anymore as my insurance does not cover it, so I rely on Incest Survivors Anonymous-I hooked up with a very supportive group in Long Beach, run by a survivor of Satanic Ritual Abuse.

She's amazing. God bless you and thank you for your emails.

Tips On Using Flashbacks Flashbacks will keep fiction interesting, but it must be mixed well. A flashback that's too long bores the reader, and he/she moves to the next author/writer. It's the primary concern when working with flashbacks.

Begin your fiction in a dramatic scene. If the reader needs to know how a character ended-up in the situation, show them with a flashback. The flashback takes the reader back and uncovers relevant information that leads to where the story opened.

Sometimes, a sentence is all that's needed. At other times, a paragraph is required to handle a flashback. In other words, flashbacks must not slow-down the pace of a story.

Music, loud noise, a fall, gentle shake or ringing telephone can set a flashback into motion. The following is the tell me method to a flashback. It's necessary to the excerpt.

One paragraph explains the background of grandmother and gives insight into Tay's ancestry. "Mother, tell me about how grandmother migrated to find a better life," Tay pleaded. Post found at: critiqueandwrite.blogspot.com/2011/02/how-t.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.