Thank you everyone who replied. Your input is appreciated.

I need to talk to my therapist about it more but I had mentioned what happens to me a number of times before and I'd swear that whatever name he gave to my condition, it was not dissociating. It was only after I spoke about it in group that my therapist then called it dissociating.

I have some issues with paranoia ... sometimes the only way to calm some of my thoughts and the stress is to get feedback from those who have similar experiences. It helps vanquish the paranoia that sometimes consumes me.

Anyway. This has sufficiently calmed me.