reexperiencing
Feeling it again
Reexperiencing is the act of going through something again, particularly a memory, sensation, or event that one has already lived through.
The term appears frequently in psychology, where it describes a core symptom of trauma disorders: intrusive memories, flashbacks, or nightmares that make past events feel present again.
Reexperiencing the accident left her shaking.
Outside clinical contexts, it can simply mean encountering something anew: I'm reexperiencing my favorite album after years away from it.
Feel again through memory
- revisitExamine again later
- reenactPerform a past event
- recaptureSeize again after loss
- recreateProduce something anew
simulate · immersive · virtual · pilgrimage · reunion · anniversary · ritual · tradition
Involuntary past memory
- intrusiveInvading others' privacy
- relivingMentally revisiting past events
- nightmareFrightening dream causing wakefulness
- PTSDChronic reaction to horrific events
trigger · hypervigilance · dissociation · startle · hyperarousal · panic · anxiety · survivor
Recall past experiences fondly
- wistfulSadly longing for something
- bittersweetWistful yet warm
- sentimentalExcessively emotional about memories
- longingIntense, persistent desire
yearning · memory · reverie · reflection · cherished · bygone · throwback · remember
Tending to summon memories
- triggerWhat initiates action
- smellOlfactory perception
- tasteFlavor perception ability
- musicOrganized auditory art
photograph · texture · visceral · vivid · embodied · synesthetic · associative · involuntary
relive
Feel again through memory
recreate · simulate · immersive · virtual · pilgrimage · reunion · anniversary · ritual · tradition · commemoration
flashback
Involuntary past memory
- intrusiveInvading others' privacy
- relivingMentally revisiting past events
- nightmareFrightening dream causing wakefulness
PTSD · trigger · hypervigilance · dissociation · startle · hyperarousal · panic · anxiety · survivor · overwhelming
reminisce
Recall past experiences fondly
- wistfulSadly longing for something
- bittersweetWistful yet warm
- sentimentalExcessively emotional about memories
longing · yearning · memory · reverie · reflection · cherished · bygone · throwback · remember · heartwarming
evocative
Tending to summon memories
music · photograph · texture · visceral · vivid · embodied · synesthetic · associative · involuntary · ambient
- veteran healthPTSD, shell shock, combat fatigue, battle fatigue, combat trauma
reexperiencingforgetting
Failing to retain memories
amnesia · suppression · repression · memory loss · blocking
reexperiencinganticipating
Expecting something to happen
moving on · letting go · forward-looking · mindfulness · looking forward
reexperiencingfirst experience
discovery · originality · freshness · newness · unfamiliarity
expert, experience, expertise, experiment, experienced, experimental, experiences, inexperienced, experiencing