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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century 1903]

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==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1: a recession of flame to an unwanted [[position]] (as into a blowpipe)

*1: a recession of flame to an unwanted [[position]] (as into a blowpipe)

A '''flashback''', or ''involuntary recurrent memory'', is a [[psychological]] [[phenomenon]] in which an [[individual]] has a sudden, usually [[powerful]], re-experiencing of a past [[experience]] or elements of a [[past]] experience. These experiences can be [[happy]], sad, [[exciting]], or any other [[emotion]] one can consider. The term is used particularly when the memory is recalled involuntarily, and/or when it is so [[intense]] that the person "relives" the experience, unable to fully [[recognize]] it as memory and not something that is happening in "real time".

A '''flashback''', or ''involuntary recurrent memory'', is a [[psychological]] [[phenomenon]] in which an [[individual]] has a sudden, usually [[powerful]], re-experiencing of a past [[experience]] or elements of a [[past]] experience. These experiences can be [[happy]], sad, [[exciting]], or any other [[emotion]] one can consider. The term is used particularly when the memory is recalled involuntarily, and/or when it is so [[intense]] that the person "relives" the experience, unable to fully [[recognize]] it as memory and not something that is happening in "real time".

The [[psychological]] [[phenomenon]] has frequently been portrayed in [[film]] and television. Some of the most accurate [[media]] portrayals of flashbacks have been those related to [[War|wartime]], and the association of flashbacks to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-traumatic_Stress_Disorder Post-traumatic Stress Disorder] caused by the [[traumas]] and [[stresses]] of war. One of the earliest screen portrayals of this is in the 1945 film ''Mildred Pierce''.

The [[psychological]] [[phenomenon]] has frequently been portrayed in [[film]] and television. Some of the most accurate [[media]] portrayals of flashbacks have been those related to [[War|wartime]], and the association of flashbacks to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-traumatic_Stress_Disorder Post-traumatic Stress Disorder] caused by the [[traumas]] and [[stresses]] of war. One of the earliest screen portrayals of this is in the 1945 film ''Mildred Pierce''.

==See also==

==See also==

*'''''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallucinogen_persisting_perception_disorder Hallucinogenic perception disorder]'''''

*'''''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallucinogen_persisting_perception_disorder Hallucinogenic perception disorder]'''''

[[Category: Psychology]]

[[Category: Psychology]]