I just had a blackout..

[Pebble mouse]

I was just listening to a song and the next thing I knew, my playlist had moved forward about 15 songs. It's dissociation, and it happens quite a bit, though not as much as it used to.

I wonder, how many here have this problem?

If so, do you have a history of trauma (no need to go into details)?

 

[Angie]

I do disassociate under extreme stress.

I do have a trauma background.

 

[Pebble mouse]

I do disassociate under extreme stress.

I do have a trauma background.

The weird thing for me, @Angie, is that it happens to me even when I'm OK, like tonight.

Thanks for the reply

 

[seabird]

It's a problem for me as well.
According to the therapist, the traumas in my life are one too many. They said there are ways I can get better.

It's one of the main reasons I recently started going to therapy.

 

[Pebble mouse]

Sorry to hear @seabird.

Are you seeing a psychologist?

 

[BlackSheep 007]

Two different occasions I experienced this:
Short term, when fantasy takes over. I could read pages with my eyes but in my head continued the story differently. So I had to read again.... I considered this harmless.

Long duration on two occasions (I was abroad and lots, lots of stress) - where I cannot remember whole hours. When I "woke up" I was afraid I could have done something bad without knowing it... I considered this to be a very, very dangerous sign.

I did not have anything like this for years now - so when getting older, it seems, brain is cooling a little...

 

[seabird]

Sorry to hear @seabird.

Are you seeing a psychologist?

I'm sorry for it troubling you Pebble mouse. I hope it goes away for good.

Yes.

(h) back

 

[LumberJack]

I call it “losing time.” I have a history of chronic early developmental trauma, but the problem of losing time is more recent, even after feeling better about managing PTSD than I was several years ago. I was dissociating much less, but since I have lost my job and my savings along with it, it’s worse than it’s ever been.

I have been working with my therapist on it. We’re approaching it as a compulsive behavior; I guess avoidance is one way to manage intrusive thoughts.