flashbacks
n. countablen. sudden, strong memories of a past event that make you feel like it is happening again. They are often triggered by something you see, hear, or smell.
n. sudden and vivid involuntary recurrences of past experiences or memories. Often used in clinical contexts to describe symptoms of psychological trauma or as a narrative device in fiction.
He still has flashbacks to the car accident.
The veteran experienced intense flashbacks whenever he heard loud noises that reminded him of the battlefield.
The novel uses frequent flashbacks to reveal the protagonist's childhood, slowly explaining the motivations behind her current erratic behavior through a series of non-linear memories.
Commonly used with the preposition 'to' when identifying the specific past event.