Hi! So I'm new to this forum thing. I'm so happy I saw this website. I didn't realize there were so many people like me! Ok, so I have always done this but I didn't realize that it wasn't normal until my boyfriend asked me what the heck I was talking about when I was casually explaining it. So basically I can explain it as thinking without thinking. Sounds dumb right? Well it's weird but this is how it will happen. Every once in a while I'll suddenly "turn into a 'zombie' like person". I can have an entire conversation with someone without thinking of what they are saying. I'm not describing daydreaming. I'm well aware of what that is. It's almost like i keep going in life but my mind like suddeny goes somewhere else. Usually I'm seeing awful thIngs. Now, I'm not literally seeing things in front of me. But I feel like I'm watching a 30second - 5 min horror film in my head. I know I sound crazy but my mom thinks it's anxiety mixed with paranoia. (?!?!) sometimes im not actually seeing anything. I'll be in the middle of a conversation and "oops" I'll suddenly mentally be blank and then 30 seconds later im in the middle of a conversation that I don't remember being in. A strong example of this happening was when I was in a drive-thru with my bf and we were fighting. Suddenly I got into this weird "trace" and had extreme images of my friends car going off a cliff and screaming for me to help her and I couldn't save her...it just was pretty f-ed up. I came out of the trance after I had gotten my food. I looked at my bf to see him almost in tears. He never gets upset like this. I had somehow managed to have a huge fight with my bf in 5 minutes, pay for my food and do god knows what. I don't know what's going on here. Because I am doing this more often. I'll "pop in and out" of reality, I guess. I don't even remember screaming at him. How can I possibly be in reality and somewhere completely different at once? Is this anxiety? These phases are all stimulated when I get paranoid in ANY way. (which I'm guessing why they can be so f-Ed up). Please give your opinions. Anyone had this happen to them?