Yes, but more out of ignorance. There is no malice behind it. People without MI simply don't understand that there is no magic switch in my head that I can just turn off and on at their whim.
I have episodes that might be age regression. A few times I've been told that I was speaking like a child but I have no memory of it.
Another example is recently while hiking along a large river, I was having difficulty keeping my balance stepping rock to rock and started worrying (obsessing?) I'd fall into the swiftly moving water. After a couple of miles, I did fall but I was able to shift my weight and went backward into the embankment. That's when things got weird. I hunkered down, put my arms over my head and told my husband in this weird gravelly voice, GET ME OUT OF HERE! GET ME THE EFF OUT OF HERE NOW! I was trying to be quiet because there were families all around us. He got me back on the trail and by the time we got back to our truck I was better. We now call that a "Damien Moment".
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