Bah... I chalk it up to my brain being preoccupied by other things. Sometimes people can say things to me and I hear the words but nothing registers... my brain doesn't even process it, and I have to ask them to repeat what they said.

When I get anxiety attacks, I get fairly random and very rapid flashes of memories. It seems like when I am anxious, my brain is too busy in recall mode to pick up the current events. Does that make any sense?