Do You Have Momentary Flashbacks?

More often as well, I have so much more "not pressed to be focused" time than 10-12 years ago.
Does your brain ever not be churning? They have a name for that, so I welcome the flashbacks, good and bad.
 
jujube said:
Does anyone here have flashbacks to something that DIDN'T happen?

I have a vivid memory that pops up occasionally of a trip to Moscow I took with my mother. The problem is that I didn't take a trip to Moscow with my mother. I haven't taken a trip to Moscow with anyone. I've never been to Russia.

It's so vivid, though. I can describe the hotel we stayed in. I know what we were wearing. I can remember the plane trip.

And, no, I've never used LSD, so it's not THAT kind of flashback. Just your garden-variety flashback except there's no garden.
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When I was about 10 years old, I could see in my mind (often) slaves in the desert making clay bricks. I began writing poetry about them.
My Mom freaked out how detailed they were. Only thing I can think now is I loved the movie Ben Hur with Charlton Heston and so much
I was probably putting myself into the movie.
 
jujube said:
Does anyone here have flashbacks to something that DIDN'T happen?

I have a vivid memory that pops up occasionally of a trip to Moscow I took with my mother. The problem is that I didn't take a trip to Moscow with my mother. I haven't taken a trip to Moscow with anyone. I've never been to Russia.

It's so vivid, though. I can describe the hotel we stayed in. I know what we were wearing. I can remember the plane trip.
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Yes, I do that once in a while. I've wondered where this comes from. My best guess is that we are remembering dreams. I've actually sorted that out to dreams as the source a couple of times. They may be from dreams from years past, which makes it harder to sort out.
 
Many of the major events of life that were anticipated and planned seldom come to mind. It is the little bits and pieces that seemed completely unimportant when they occurred. Like 30 years ago, my wife standing in the drive waving a quick goodbye to me as she went to see her mother - or, the time a duck chased her when we went to a farm.
 
Jules said:
Does some little insignificant time in your life come back to you momentarily?

It’s not triggered by anything. You just remember it.

I feel like I’m having more of these. Today I was folding laundry and a memory of a rest stop along the Columbia River popped up. It was just a short flash. This would have been 10+ years ago. Sometimes it’s something from my youth.
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Yes. Often. It's distracting. Usually of obvious mistakes made in the past.
 
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