This is true for me, too. I'm glad to see I'm not alone.

I find if someone is long winded I tend to drift.

If someone says something that takes me back to abuse, I can "totally disappear"

If someone is attacking me, I can go "numb and tingly" if it threatens me enough. I almost always have trouble verbalizing it later. Blocking it out.

I will ask people to repeat things if I trust them, "do you mind repeating that"? Sometimes I say (if it's true): I was so taken by what you said, do you mind saying it again.

Grounding skills help, but not always.

I trust spouse and pdoc enough to say, "will you say that again, I floated away".

Thanks for the thread.