I have problems like KD's, only when driving (and on the way home from my therapist's) and would pass my exits off the freeway and be "lost" when I'd wake up.

Maybe being on the phone has something to do with it? Pretend it's a dream, what does being on the phone mean to you or make you think of? Who would you call and why?

I have an excellent memory (tested 99% sight memory) and recall so the "blackness" of not remembering is very scary for me. Hard to crawl back to before it started and try to remember what I was thinking about.

Maybe, if there's no alter it means you're processing things better, not going "as far" away.