Flashback
noun
A sudden and vivid memory of an event in the past, usually one that was traumatic.
After the war, he had frequent flashbacks of the battlefield.
Often appears as...
- experience a flashback
- trigger a flashback
noun
In film, TV, or literature, a scene set in a time earlier than the main story.
The movie starts with a flashback to the character's childhood.
Often appears as...
- use a flashback
- flashback scene
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Literary, Academic
noun
In medicine, a relapse during recovery from a trauma or illness.
The patient experienced a flashback and needed to be hospitalized.
Often appears as...
- have a medical flashback
- sudden flashback
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Academic
noun
In chemistry, the phenomenon of a flame propagating down a gas tube.
The safety device must prevent gas flashback.
Often appears as...
- prevent flashback
- gas flashback
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Technical
noun
A sudden and vivid memory of an event in the past, usually one that was traumatic.
After the war, he had frequent flashbacks of the battlefield.
Often appears as...
- experience a flashback
- trigger a flashback
noun
In film, TV, or literature, a scene set in a time earlier than the main story.
The movie starts with a flashback to the character's childhood.
Often appears as...
- use a flashback
- flashback scene
Usage tips
Literary, Academic
noun
In medicine, a relapse during recovery from a trauma or illness.
The patient experienced a flashback and needed to be hospitalized.
Often appears as...
- have a medical flashback
- sudden flashback
Usage tips
Academic
noun
In chemistry, the phenomenon of a flame propagating down a gas tube.
The safety device must prevent gas flashback.
Often appears as...
- prevent flashback
- gas flashback
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Psychological Trigger
Mentioned usually in psychological contexts to discuss involuntary memory recall, especially due to a triggering event.
Loud noises can often cause a soldier to experience a flashback to combat.
Pro Tip 2/2Unexpected Onset
Flashbacks can happen suddenly without warning, capturing the vividness of the past event.
A familiar scent gave her an intense flashback of her grandmother's kitchen.
Pro Tip 1/2Psychological Trigger
Mentioned usually in psychological contexts to discuss involuntary memory recall, especially due to a triggering event.
Loud noises can often cause a soldier to experience a flashback to combat.
Pro Tip 2/2Unexpected Onset
Flashbacks can happen suddenly without warning, capturing the vividness of the past event.
A familiar scent gave her an intense flashback of her grandmother's kitchen.
Pro Tip 1/2Psychological Trigger
Mentioned usually in psychological contexts to discuss involuntary memory recall, especially due to a triggering event.
Loud noises can often cause a soldier to experience a flashback to combat.
Pro Tip 2/2Unexpected Onset
Flashbacks can happen suddenly without warning, capturing the vividness of the past event.
A familiar scent gave her an intense flashback of her grandmother's kitchen.
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Heal your brain with...
memories so no flashbacks no nightmares I think we should all share this tip as widely as possible as soon as possible after you see or experience something traumatic play a visually absorbing pattern matching game like Tetris candy crush saga should work too and this can help you avoid the most painful symptoms
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An optimistic look at...
though you can still do a lot but you still feel limited at the same time for me right now when I have completed my studies I feel it's a moment that I am looking forward to you know doing a sort of flashback and looking back at you know what I have achieved so far what
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Our lonely society makes...
post-traumatic stress disorder. We evolved as animals, as primates, to survive periods of danger, and if your life has been in danger, you want to react to unfamiliar noises. You want to sleep lightly, wake up easily. You want to have nightmares and flashbacks
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My secret to staying...
My dad laying in his deathbed, just tears running down my face, you know, what do I do next? My mind racing, memories, flashbacks, moments, early mornings, getting up, taking grounders and throwing, speed outs and deep post routes to my brother and my dad,
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Everything you hear on...
because that's how it would sound if someone was speaking inside our ear. On the completely other side, adding a lot of reverb to a voice is going to make us think that we're listening to a flashback, or perhaps that we're inside the head of a character
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Greg Long: Big Wave...
And I paddle out and I surf the contest. But things were different. I would immediately disappear back into that deep, dark, lonely place beneath the ocean at Cortes Bank. While my mind would flashback to the physical agony
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The psychology of...
Many of us will experience some kind of trauma during our lifetime. Sometimes, we escape with no long-term effects. But for millions of us, those experiences linger, causing symptoms like flashbacks, nightmares,
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Can we edit memories? PIPE...
and flashbacks of the traumatic event. These symptoms have a huge impact on a person's quality of life and are often triggered by particular situations or cues in that person's environment.
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Ed Gavagan: A story...
over how good I turned out, you know? And it's my zipper, and I've still got the staples in and everything. later on, when I got out and the flashbacks and the
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Inside the Tripper's...
overdrive anxiety is triggered and your sense of self dissolves cases of psychotic breakdowns flashbacks and severe disorientation have been
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Heal your brain with...
memories so no flashbacks no nightmares I think we should all share this tip as widely as possible as soon as possible after you see or experience something traumatic play a visually absorbing pattern matching game like Tetris candy crush saga should work too and this can help you avoid the most painful symptoms
Video examples
An optimistic look at...
though you can still do a lot but you still feel limited at the same time for me right now when I have completed my studies I feel it's a moment that I am looking forward to you know doing a sort of flashback and looking back at you know what I have achieved so far what
Video examples
Our lonely society makes...
post-traumatic stress disorder. We evolved as animals, as primates, to survive periods of danger, and if your life has been in danger, you want to react to unfamiliar noises. You want to sleep lightly, wake up easily. You want to have nightmares and flashbacks
Video examples
My secret to staying...
My dad laying in his deathbed, just tears running down my face, you know, what do I do next? My mind racing, memories, flashbacks, moments, early mornings, getting up, taking grounders and throwing, speed outs and deep post routes to my brother and my dad,
Video examples
Everything you hear on...
because that's how it would sound if someone was speaking inside our ear. On the completely other side, adding a lot of reverb to a voice is going to make us think that we're listening to a flashback, or perhaps that we're inside the head of a character
Video examples
Greg Long: Big Wave...
And I paddle out and I surf the contest. But things were different. I would immediately disappear back into that deep, dark, lonely place beneath the ocean at Cortes Bank. While my mind would flashback to the physical agony
Video examples
The psychology of...
Many of us will experience some kind of trauma during our lifetime. Sometimes, we escape with no long-term effects. But for millions of us, those experiences linger, causing symptoms like flashbacks, nightmares,
Video examples
Can we edit memories? PIPE...
and flashbacks of the traumatic event. These symptoms have a huge impact on a person's quality of life and are often triggered by particular situations or cues in that person's environment.
Video examples
Ed Gavagan: A story...
over how good I turned out, you know? And it's my zipper, and I've still got the staples in and everything. later on, when I got out and the flashbacks and the
Video examples
Inside the Tripper's...
overdrive anxiety is triggered and your sense of self dissolves cases of psychotic breakdowns flashbacks and severe disorientation have been
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Raphael Bob-Waksberg
American Comedian
I always think that's really lazy, when I'm watching a TV show or a movie or something, and there's a flashback and the idea is, 'This one moment is the reason that everything happened. This character saw this guy, and this guy said this thing to him, and that's why he is this way.' Because I think in real life, it's not so one-to-one.
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Becky Hammon
American Coach
But really, I've worked my whole life to become a great basketball player. When I see that jersey go up, I'm sure I'm gonna have flashbacks to when I was 4 and 5 years old playing in my driveway because I loved it. I still love it to this day. It's been one of my first loves in life: basketball.
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Denis Villeneuve
Canadian Director
I love, in movies, when you feel and you understand the past of the character without it being said or having a flashback or something that explains. I think, in 'Prisoners,' we need to understand that Loki's character's past was not first class. He was not the first in his class.
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Alan Rickman
British Actor
On the screen were some flashback shots of Daniel, Emma and Rupert from ten years ago. They were 12. I have also recently returned from New York, and while I was there, I saw Daniel singing and dancing (brilliantly) on Broadway. A lifetime seems to have passed in minutes.
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Colin Kaepernick
American Athlete
All my life, I've had these flashbacks, these dreams, nightmares, daymares, like visions, where I relive certain plays. Only the bad plays. I see them over and over, as if somebody's rewinding a tape and forcing me to watch.
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Mark Goulston
American Psychologist
When you ask someone a question, you trigger an unconscious flashback of their having been put on the spot earlier in life by a teacher, parent, or coach, and you create a syntactical 'you versus me' disconnect.
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Guillermo Diaz
American Actor
It's always nice to do the flashbacks. That's what's so great about 'Scandal' is that we get to do flashbacks and then keep figuring out and discovering more things about our characters that make them fuller.
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Stephen King
Author
After the 9/11 apocalypse happened in New York City, people, particularly New Yorkers, who breathed in the ash, or saw the results of that, have a tendency to keep seeing echoes and having flashbacks to it.
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Liam James
Canadian Actor
I've seen 'Fried Green Tomatoes' too many times. I love life stories told in flashback.
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Susan Hill
English Author
Flashback in film rarely works.
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Raphael Bob-Waksberg
American Comedian
I always think that's really lazy, when I'm watching a TV show or a movie or something, and there's a flashback and the idea is, 'This one moment is the reason that everything happened. This character saw this guy, and this guy said this thing to him, and that's why he is this way.' Because I think in real life, it's not so one-to-one.
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Becky Hammon
American Coach
But really, I've worked my whole life to become a great basketball player. When I see that jersey go up, I'm sure I'm gonna have flashbacks to when I was 4 and 5 years old playing in my driveway because I loved it. I still love it to this day. It's been one of my first loves in life: basketball.
Quote examples
Denis Villeneuve
Canadian Director
I love, in movies, when you feel and you understand the past of the character without it being said or having a flashback or something that explains. I think, in 'Prisoners,' we need to understand that Loki's character's past was not first class. He was not the first in his class.
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Alan Rickman
British Actor
On the screen were some flashback shots of Daniel, Emma and Rupert from ten years ago. They were 12. I have also recently returned from New York, and while I was there, I saw Daniel singing and dancing (brilliantly) on Broadway. A lifetime seems to have passed in minutes.
Quote examples
Colin Kaepernick
American Athlete
All my life, I've had these flashbacks, these dreams, nightmares, daymares, like visions, where I relive certain plays. Only the bad plays. I see them over and over, as if somebody's rewinding a tape and forcing me to watch.
Quote examples
Mark Goulston
American Psychologist
When you ask someone a question, you trigger an unconscious flashback of their having been put on the spot earlier in life by a teacher, parent, or coach, and you create a syntactical 'you versus me' disconnect.
Quote examples
Guillermo Diaz
American Actor
It's always nice to do the flashbacks. That's what's so great about 'Scandal' is that we get to do flashbacks and then keep figuring out and discovering more things about our characters that make them fuller.
Quote examples
Stephen King
Author
After the 9/11 apocalypse happened in New York City, people, particularly New Yorkers, who breathed in the ash, or saw the results of that, have a tendency to keep seeing echoes and having flashbacks to it.
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Liam James
Canadian Actor
I've seen 'Fried Green Tomatoes' too many times. I love life stories told in flashback.
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Susan Hill
English Author
Flashback in film rarely works.
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