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For example, during a traumatic experience, a person may dissociate the memory of the place and circumstances of the trauma from his ongoing memory, resulting in a temporary mental escape from the fear and pain of the trauma and, in some cases, a memory gap surrounding the experience.

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Yes, this is exactly what I have experienced. Thanks for that URL, sister.

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My doc likes to talk of my obfuscation... I have thought about this as me ... as I can go through a session and like it is too much for me so I do not recall that we have spoken of.

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Yes, I get this too, SG. To me, it just means we are covering so much stuff in session, that I am on overload. I am trying to process stuff from early in the session and I miss out on the later stuff, even though I seem to actively participate in the conversation. Or we did something so major in therapy, that it just stopped my brain in its tracks and I can't take in anymore. My T understands this. I think he sees it all the time with clients. SG, maybe you can try to cover less in sessions so you don't get overloaded, if you think that may be the problem. Or maybe when you get home from therapy, you can jot down a few notes to jog your memory and later write a more thorough account. Or even write down a few notes during your session. Maybe your T also has some suggestions on how you can help your memory. Anyway, I don't think this is unusual at all. I'm surprised this would frustrate your T. To him, it could even serve as a helpful signal about what are truly difficult/major/disturbing topics for you if they make you go on overload, and he could learn something important that could allow him to guide therapy or make appropriate interpretative statements.