Some traumatic memories are highly intrusive, that is, they constantly invade consciousness unbidden.
Spontaneity can be passive, as in sudden thoughts which come to us unbidden, or it can be active, as in the momentary cultivation of our creative capacity.
The first dimension involved repeating or reexperiencing the trauma in the form of unbidden and intrusive images, images that were accompanied by affective states and actions.
A searing memory comes back unbidden of a family member who contracted myeloma and of how we were all traumatised by the terminal phase of that bone marrow disease.
He was of small account, as he was slow with his tasks and spent much time on trifles unbidden.
The unbidden thoughts and impulses even invade her subconscious, in a fascinating dream sequence.
Death is a black camel that kneels unbidden at every gate.
Trance states may occur involuntarily and unbidden.