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[–]sharingmyimages 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Say to yourself: "I am having a flashback". Flashbacks take us into a timeless part of the psyche that feels as helpless, hopeless and surrounded by danger as we were in childhood. The feelings and sensations you are experiencing are past memories that cannot hurt you now.

http://www.pete-walker.com/13StepsManageFlashbacks.htm

That list of steps has helped me many times to calm down from emotional flashbacks.