Sometimes there are things that can happen in your environment that will trigger a latent engram -- a feeling about some painful memory in your past. The cause for the feeling is not always obvious, because all you get is the feeling...You don't always get the reason behind the feeling.

The trigger can be very innocuous...something like a smell or a sound.

If you want to know what's behind the feeling, you can try something like Eugene Gendlin's focusing method. This will allow you to put words to the feeling, and often you can get at the root cause. Once you know what is causing the feeling, you can often release it.

Hello there:) whilst I cannot help you identify what it is and I feel there are people far knowledgeable than me to answer this part of your question, I can say that you are not alone.

All I can say is that, if it were me, which it isn’t [I dislike presuming over anything], I would think there are 2 things I can do with this thought. I can either think about it and try to find out what is causing it, like if it’s something important, or, I can flip from the unhappy scary terror feelings it’s giving me, to something positive instead. I would go on my own ‘gut instinct’ as to which of these it is.

Yes, I get these moments too, they are moments of absolute panic, fear and dread; it floods through me.. and feel inside that at any moment I am going to have some sort of panic attack. I tell myself “stop, it will pass”.

I feel inside that my moments like this are to do with the change in me, so I do not investigate them. Instead I have 2 or 3 mental prompts, visual pictures/ideas of things I want to achieve [goals] that are positive and I hold them in my mind for at least 30 seconds because by then the fear subsides and passes.. and is gone.

I am now going to look up Eugene’s focusing method because if there is one thing I have learned in this past month, it’s that this board is full of helpful people who have helpful information and are happy to pass it on. It also helps to stop me feeling that I am alone in all this. It’s like having your very own safety blanket online:) I count myself damn 'lucky' that I have this support.

I get this feeling sometimes also. When I first noticed it happening a couple of years ago, before I found any of this metaphysical stuff, I would get this really bad feeling and then start adding worrying thoughts to it, compounding the situation. Since then, I have learned EFT- Emotional Freedom Technique. It is a fast, effective way to eliminate negative emotions, fears, obsessive thoughts, limiting beliefs, etc... I have been able to get relief from these thoughts that come up. I more recently learned FasterEFT. I also have noticed that I first get this feeling before I am aware of any accompanying thoughts or emotions, it's just a bad sensation in my body, especially my stomach and chest. So I now apply the FasterEFT at that moment, and I don't even have to label the feeling, I just have to let it go while tapping. Very fast, easy and effective. I am excited about my future and being able to release negative feelings, changing my future for the better. Peace and blessings,

I experienced something similar. I'm staying in Hostel.One day I was having food in mess with many around,suddenly some sort of feeling aroused in my mind.the last normal way i felt before the feeling arouse was when i noticed a group of boys laughing loudly---suddenly a feeling of sorrow,fear began to grow --feeling like something is going to happen...suddenly i heard a big sound..a boy who was among the laughing ones fell down as the chair he was sitting broke ...then again some dish(steel vessel) fell down with huge noise.

Yes, negative vibrations are considered to be an attack of spiritual war fare, happening all around us, and your body was responding to the negative stimulation that you picked and was feeling, and experiencing! It is not uncommon, but it is not talked about a lot!