Ok so I've always kind of done this but now it's kind of concerning me because I do it all the time and I can't control it. It's like I go on a mental trip. I'll just stare at something, and then I'm gone and you can't bring me back. I don't think about anything, I just feel detached and like all my surroundings are surrealistic. It's been happening to me more often at school... and it's interfering with my studies.. but I'm too afraid to tell my parents. I can't really hear what other people are saying, and if I can I can't understand what they're saying at all. It leaves me extremely tired, and the problem with this is that if I am tired, I 'check out' again!-_- My teacher thought I was half asleep so she yelled out my name and that actually helped.. or the only other thing is if the bell rings ( rings after every class). What do you call this?