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. 2022 Oct 4;13:975374. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.975374

Table 3.

Flashforward imagery characteristics, recurrence, and similarity to associated memories.

Mean (SD)/N (%) Range
FF imagery
Clear visual image (n (%) yes, probably, no) 36 (60), 19 (31.7), 5 (8.3)
Image is like a… (n (%) snapshot, series of pictures, film) 22 (36.7), 10 (16.7), 28 (46.7)
Perspective1 −0.43 (1.84) −2 - +2
Vividness 69.75 (18.10) 30–100
Realness 61.17 (23.37) 10–100
Distress 65.75 (22.83) 0–100
Anxiety 3.30 (1.17) 1–5
Anger 1.85 (1.06) 1–5
Sadness 2.53 (1.36) 1–5
Guilt 1.82 (1.02) 1–5
Shame 3.53 (1.11) 2–5
Helplessness (n = 59) 3.31 (1.24) 1–5
The feeling that something terrible will happen 2.67 (1.30) 1–5
Recurrence (n = 53) [n (%) recurrent] 53 (100)
Associated memory (n = 59) [n (%) with associated memory] 57 (97)
Similarity FF image – memory (n = 57) 56.32 (24.25) 0–100

1Perspective ranged from, −2, “totally from my own eyes,” to 2, “totally from observers’ eyes.” FF, Flashforward.