in general forgetting doing things happens with just about every normal, physical and mental health problem. its not exclusive to dissociating.

in regards to dissociation this kind of forgetfulness is a very special kind.

for example even normal people sometimes forget they have thrown things away, did things they do not remember.

dissociation here in america ....in general doesnt cause a person to get a pain in their head and want to make them run out of a room to get fresh air.

here in american physical pain in the head is a physical health problem. for some its called getting a headache, for others its called having a migraine physical problems like a pain in the head actually will rule out having dissociation here in america.

here in America needing to run out of a room to get fresh air for some is a breathing problem for others its called anxiety or panic attack. which again will knock out being diagnosed dissociation...

so what is .....dissociation.... here in america? its a completely normal reaction to a trigger. you know how if someone says something you dont like that will make you feel angry? well someone saying something you dont like is called a trigger and feeling angry is the reaction to that.

with dissociation something happens to make a person feel numb, spaced out, like they are disconnected from their self or others...

example if I get stressed out at work (the trigger) I will ....feel... numb (another word for this is ...feeling emotionless, no panic, no anger , no happiness no emotions at all not even needing to run out of a room) , I will feel spaced out foggy minded its like not being able to think about anything the thoughts just are not there, kind of like when you take medication and it makes you feel kind of foggy)

these are all normal dissociation examples. from there what makes them a disorder here in america is how severe and whether having these symptoms affects a persons life.. you see dissociation to a disorder level affects a persons whole life not just whether they are throwing something away, or discussing something traumatic. it happens in their social life, their work life, their school life, their home life,...

example one of the triggers that cause me to feel dissociative to the extreme of a disorder not normal is storms. for as far back in my childhood as I and my family can remember every time there was a major storm happening I would dissociate. the storms were\ are the trigger and the feeling numb, spaced out, disconnected was\is my reaction to the storms. it didnt\doesnt matter if i was at home, at school out with friends at a party if a storm happens I start having my dissociation symptoms of feeling numb, spaced out and disconnected. even more so after hurricane sandy.

in general a person does not have to be abused or a survivor to have dissociation problems. that said here in my location there is one dissociative disorder that my locations demographics\ statistics show that all reported cases of DID (the most severe dissociative disorder) happens when a very young child under the age of 5 has undergone extreme trauma. you can find out what your location's statistics and what your locations mental health beliefs on this are by contacting a mental health agency in your location or visiting your local library and asking to see your locations mental health statistics\ census reports.

suggestions...well there are many things I would do ....if what you posted was happening to me....

my first thing would be to contact a mental health treatment provider for updated diagnostics. you see the diagnostic label CPTSD has been discontinued here in america back in 2013. we now have new mental disorder labels that are more individualized and better options for treatment to go along with those new mental disorder names. many PTSD category mental disorders now do include having dissociative symptoms, and sometimes medications can help.

for example my CPTSD mental disorder label is now called Acute Stress Disorder and it includes my having dissociation symptoms due to natural disaster called hurricane sandy.

other people i know with a past diagnosis of CPTSD, that mental disorder label in them is now called PTSD, with others its called reactive attachment disorder, with others its called depersonalization disorder....

my point first thing I would do if what you posted was happening to me is get updated assessment for mental health problems.

the second thing I would do is contact my primary care physician. headaches or in your words a pain in the head is a physical health problem that can be taken care of most times with medication. like tylenol, asprin, or migraine medication unless its a more severe physical health problem that may need more testing done.

the next thing I would do if this was me was check with a psychiatrist about the panic attacks or what ever this urge to run out of the room to get fresh air is. when I had this problem an anti depressant \ anti anxiety medication helped to solve this problem. I no longer had this problem after about 4 weeks on the medication and continuing to take it as prescribed.

my last suggestion is ifyour treatment providers think being in the trauma class will help you maybe contacting them and letting them know what reactions you are having to it are, they can help you with either medication or other anxiety coping tools that will enable you to attend your trauma classes and maybe this will help you to feel better soon.