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Flashback Response Card

A personalized response card you can keep accessible for when your loved one is actively re-experiencing trauma.

Week 6
Appendix F

Flashback Response Protocol

If they're having a VISUAL flashback, I will:
If they're having an EMOTIONAL flashback, I will:
If they're DISSOCIATING, I will:
Is touch okay during episodes? (ask them now)
Grounding objects that work for them:
Phrases that help orient them (personalized):
Things that make it WORSE (ask them):

Episode Log

Date
Type (visual/emotional/dissociation)
What seemed to trigger it?
Approximate duration:
What you did:
What seemed to help:

Example: Example Entry

A sample episode log.

If they're having a VISUAL flashback, I will:
If they're having an EMOTIONAL flashback, I will:
If they're DISSOCIATING, I will:
Is touch okay during episodes? (ask them now)
Grounding objects that work for them:
Phrases that help orient them (personalized):
Things that make it WORSE (ask them):
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