the staring being epilepsy vs dissociation - talk with your treatment providers. they can do a test called an EEG when you are very tired (which is also when most people have problems staying focused when the dissociate) if its epilepsy the EEG will show you are having a petit mal seizure. that kind of epileptic seizure sometimes has no symptoms other than the person having this blank stare for as little as so many seconds to minutes. the staring with dissociation is not accompanied by seizure activity.

Daydreaming and losing track of the time during the daydreaming is a normal form of Dissociation. everyone even those with no dissociative disorders does it. the losing time with the dissociative disorders is different than the normal spacing off and daydreaming lose track of time symptom.

talk with your treatment providers. they can tell you the difference and whether you are normal lose track of time or dissociative disorder losing time.

people can have PTSD from almost anything in their life. talk with your treatment providers they can diagnose your problems. we cant diagnose you including tell you whether you have PTSD from this situation or not

trying to self diagnose you and where you fit in with all the mental disorders could be dangerous to yourself. contact your treatment providers and they will explain what your problems are and whether you have any dissociative disorders.

the problem with explaining what the dissociative disorders are here on psych central is that we all come from different places and have different treatment providers that explain it a different way. so when someone not from the same locations and same treatment providers as those with in that thread you read, they end up more confused then ever.

the best way to know in terms you yourself can understand is by asking your own treatment providers. they will know how to make it all make sense to you.