“You seem fine.”
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“You seem fine.”

Lisa Martens
Lisa Martens

Jul 18, 2019

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The Power of the PTSD Flashback.

Medical trauma I didn’t realize I had…until I had a flashback.

I don’t want to look. Photo by Claudia Ramírez on Unsplash

Recently, I had routine blood work done.

I was fine getting my blood drawn. I read a book. I barely felt the prick.

But when my results were available online, I immediately began to panic.

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