 Hey, what's it you guys? Welcome back to my channel if you're new here. Hi. Hello. I'm Lydia Today I wanted to talk about how you can help someone through a flashback So you can help someone through a flashback by Being there for them. The best advice is to find out before 100 what you can and what you can't do I mean, but that is whether you can touch them or not or whether they can Use positive triggers or not. Find out what's best for you to do if you can You can ask why just saying hey if you're going through a flashback, how can I help you or hey If you're struggling, how can I help you? And a lot of the time they'll see that as you helping them So the first bit of advice is make sure they're in a safe environment. I'm not out in the middle of a street I've dissociated before in the middle of a street and I have security Pick me up and move me out of the middle of the road. That's about my head as I'm wumbling. Which, by the way, if you're ever with me and I have a flashback or I dissociate Do not touch me. I'm one of those people who don't like being touched. So the first way you can help someone is Make sure that they're in a safe environment. That's a restaurant, a hotel room, a side street, a bathroom Somewhere safe. The next bit of advice that I have is If you have permission to use a positive trigger Use it. And that can be a song, a touch, a Send. For me, I always carry Lavender oil on me because Lavender oil is my God, so the one scent that can bring me out of a flashback, out of the associated episode. Lavender is my Saviour. The next one that I've got is if they're hurting themselves, like say, if they're scratching at their arm Try and get your hand underneath their hand Just to stop them hurting themselves But again, I only do that if you have permission to touch. A great way of getting someone out of a flashback is talking to them And saying, you know, the date, do you know your name? Do you know where we are? Do you know who I am? Just asking these questions can be really beneficial for a person. The next bit of advice I have is see it depends what kind of flashback someone's having Could you have some flashbacks where you're aware of your surroundings? Go to some flashbacks where you're aware of what's going on You can have some flashbacks where you can feel certain things You can have some flashbacks where you can't feel or see anything There are certainly different types of flashback. The next bit of advice that I have is again talking to them and saying This is just a flashback. It's not real. It's not happening right now. You survived it This is just a flashback. It'll go away just to be sure that they're safe. You can help some of you with a flashback by Getting a wet flannel and putting it around their neck. That's something that helps me And the other thing you can do is if you have permission to touch them is put the hand on the shoulder and be like It's okay. It's just a flashback. You'll be fine These are just a few things you can do to help someone through a flashback There's by no means is everything you can do. There's plenty more things you can do But I thought this is a good start for you. Thank you for watching this video and If you're new subscribe, I'll see you guys in my next video. Peace