Memory loss is what causes the time loss. In my case, I never knew about the time loss. I believe that is because of how my dissociative disorder developed. I would have amnesia about the behavior of my alter states and also about the time loss. Total blackout of these other sides of me. This mental illness is extremely confusing and complicated.

Now late in life, I have become aware of some episodes where I can actually document the "going away" or time loss.