I felt like I should share this for some reason... I've noticed that I've done this since I was little. My therapist says that it's a coping/defense mechanism.... The other day my stepmom said some things to me that I cried cause I felt bad. A while later I went with her and someone to the store for some prescriptions and stuff. I found myself staring out the window and then as if in a movie I saw things going by the window as if they were snapshots. and I realized I knew what was going on; that they were having a conversation and I was aware of this but it wasn't sinking in and I didn't hear what they were saying... I've always done this... felt detached from things, and as if in a movie or something... Even since I was a kid; my therapist said I did it to survive eventhough I went through some messed up things, I've never considered my situation to be something that someone would have to "survive".. Fel free to comment or whatever; just felt I had to share this