The Ghost of RubangB on 05 November 2009
Flashbacks can be caused by any traumatic experience. Hallucinating can be very traumatic. So can going into labor. Or being mugged. Or being in a war.
Once I was in a really freaky car crash and almost died 'cuz my friend fell asleep at the wheel and hit a brick wall. I had flashbacks for about a month. I'd be in the middle of talking to somebody, and then suddenly I'd see a brick wall flying at my face, and then I'd snap out of it and realize I was just staring into space and had stopped talking to somebody in the middle of a sentence. I was completely sober during the accident and during the flashbacks. I thought the flashbacks were scarier than the accident was, because I was afraid I'd have them forever.
