flashbacks
A psychological phenomenon in which an individual experiences an episode of some of the subjective effects of LSD (this may be a positive or negative experience) long after the drug has been consumed and worn off -- sometimes weeks or months afterward. Despite anecdotal claims that
flashbacks are common, studies have shown that these experiences are relatively rare.Debate continues over the nature and causes of flashbacks. Some say flashbacks are a manifestation of post-traumatic stress disorder, not directly related to
LSD's mechanism, and varying according to the susceptibility of the individual to the disorder. Many emotionally intense experiences can lead to flashbacks when a person is reminded acutely of the original experience.Several
urban legends claim that flashbacks are the result of trace amounts of LSD or related chemicals being dislodged and released into the body after having been
crystallized and stored in fat or
spinal fluid cells. However, scientific research has disproven this conjecture; LSD is metabolized in the liver, as with many other drugs, and its metabolites are excreted normally in the urine. Drug studies have not confirmed that LSD can cause flashbacks or lasting psychoses
Flashbacks
by NickiSam2378 on Oct 19, 2020 01:03:52
Example:
Fanfiction: *inserts something
overtly sexual and maybe BDSM-related, or use of words such as "mistress," "
punish," or "collar"*
People in comments: "Oh no the
flashbacks 😳"
Flashbacks
by Stylesmileishmishsmishul on Apr 07, 2020 08:57:20
When you've taken hallucinogens in the past and either you're
falling asleep or you smoked weed, you start feeling like you're there again.
It's similar to a
PTSD flashback
flashback
by stop taking every name! on Oct 17, 2008 12:01:14
When a movie or TV program suspends the current events to let the viewers see something
that happened in
a character's past. Depending on what you're watching,
flashbacks are done either to build character/plot or they are simply a way to make a joke out of past events.
Example:
"Family Guy is famous for it's random
flashbacks"
"
Flashbacks are the third
deadliest killer in animes; most of time someone dies, it's during a flashback."
Vietnam Flashback
by TheDonutLordOfVietnam on Sep 06, 2016 05:26:13
Example:
Ariana: I think Mikey is high..
Justin: Nah, she is having a Vietnam Flashback from when she was on
Hannah Montana.
Selena: I get it. Disney is awful.
Ariana: Yeah, Nickelodeon is better.
war flashbacks
by flipflopdrop on Jul 04, 2013 04:58:40
1. When something happens that reminds you of an embarrassing, difficult, or so-disturbing-that-you'll-never-be-able-to-unsee-it event in your life.
2. Actual
flashbacks to actual battles.
Can happen with
PTSD.
Example:
Oh my god, that was the same position my parents used when I
walked in on them as a kid. I'm having war flashbacks!
Don't you
trigger a war
flashback, son. I once killed a man!
flashback humour
by Fearman on Nov 21, 2007 23:13:16
Indirect breach of the fourth wall at the end of the movie "Fight Club". When the plot comes around to the opening scene again after two hours of flashback,
the Narrator (
Edward Norton) states he "still hasn't anything to say", and
Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) refers to this as "flashback humour".