Thanks *Defeated* for your comments. You might be right about me wanting validation. Discussing mental health issues is something new for me even though I think my condition hasn't changed significantly over 50 years or more - the only difference is me actually being able to remember shorter episodes.

And I suppose another reason for asking the question is to find replies from others that experience somewhat similar forms of dissociation that might help the family understand the condition better. They get stressed out about me and sometimes that feeds back negatively as anger or frustration.