When I was a child I will I'll for a few years and this included regular stays in a small town hospital. During those stays I saw the sadder side of life - I befriended a little girl that passed away from cancer, saw a girl battling anorexia and myself had to go through some not so pleasant medical treatment. I eventually recovered enough to continue with my life and not really look back too much. I think of the little girl with cancer from time to time and remember some of that time but I never felt mentally affected by it. That was until recently almost 30 years later and with my own child having some issue investigated relating to the issues I had I suddenly had what I can only describe as very traumatic flash backs and feelings about that time when I was a child. The flashbacks were of things I already had memories of such as the stuff I described above but they just happened almost constantly for about 3 or 4 days while my child was being tested for something. His results came back and he was fine and the flashbacks stopped almost as suddenly as they started and life went on. I now wonder what on Earth this was? The doctor being aware of my medical background had made a comment during the time my son was being tested that I will be feeling very traumatised by the situation. He said he could see it all over my face (amazing man). Can anyone explain what those flashbacks were and have I buried some trauma very deep or something? Should I do anything about it or if everyday life is ok for me just leave it?