I've been seeing my current T for three years; two or three other Ts in the past. I've never been diagnosed as having Dissociative Identity Disorder.

I do dissociate at times during sessions, but mostly for less than a minute. Lately, T and I have been talking about my years in HS (graduation 1968), and the fact that I don't remember dating one boy for two years; how I felt I'd changed when I went to college; the fact I can't recall my mother's death my freshman year in college (only that she passed away), including the funeral or burial site services. I had one sexual assault when I was 17 and recalled that memory in therapy w/this T.

T has been particularly serious and rather 'sharp' w/me when trying to understand and document my timeline. I've lived with these memory gaps for a long time, so I've never considered them problematic re: how I function. But, now I'm wondering if I should take my memory difficulties more seriously. I've not bought something I don't recall, I don't find myself in different places without remembering how I got there, I'm always called by the same name, etc., etc.

Besides the experts typically browsing PC, if there are any psych majors lurking, I would appreciate any thoughts on why I have so many lost significant memories.