What's the difference between flashbacks and memories?

Question

I sorta have an idea of the difference..but i'm still not sure...

Answer 1

Flashbacks are usually sudden and vivid. A person experiencing a flashback often feels as if the are reliving the experience. Flashbacks are usually involuntary. The person often has no control over the experience. In essence, a flashback is a type of memory. All of us can be stimulated by an event, sound, smell, etc. and recall a past experience. However, these typically are not as intense and the person can clearly identify it as a memory, as opposed to feeling like they have actually been transported back to the original situation. Flashbacks typically occur in relation to trauma or sometimes from use of hallucinogens.

Answer 2

I don't think there is a difference. Flashbacks are memories oftentimes triggered by anxiety-provoking situations or situations with one or more similar stimuli to the original event. Sometimes these stimuli are generalized to similar events. Flashbacks can be very vivid and may include, what are called, "body memories".
Memories can occur in the same way. They are really all in your head, stored in the same way, evoked in the same ways. That is why I don't think they are any different.

Answer 3

Flashbacks are always more vivid than memories, like you're reliving an experience instead of remembering it.