flashback

  1. Noun.  a dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.
  2. Noun.  (psychology) a vivid mental image of a past trauma, especially one that recurs.
  3. Noun.  a similar recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug.

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