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On that day, my kids and I had been packing for a

move, putting on long hours of work without much
rest. Suddenly, flashback! I was there, in my cell, on
my bunk, at night, listening to the loudspeakers

and the inmates cleaning up the day room. The
flashback slowly faded away.

I have used the Tapping Techniques extensively to
get rid of a flashback. I may not be able to prevent

one (they are quite rare nowadays), but as soon as
I “land” back in the present, I do several rounds of
Tapping, and that flashback will not come back. It’s

been dealt with! Check the next chapter for an
overview of the Tapping Techniques.

Once, as I was eating at a restaurant with one of my

daughters, I suddenly flashed back to the day room
where we ate our meals in jail, 4 inmates to a table.
The table configuration must have been similar in
the restaurant as it was back there. I told my

daughter I was having a flashback and needed to
move to a different table, which we did.

After the incident, I used the Tapping Techniques…

and never was triggered again in that manner.

Another one happened during the lockdowns the
world experienced starting in 2020. I drove my car

to the grocery store, not anticipating anything

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