[gravyyy]

Do you ever get like a mind lock?... where you're zoned out and you feel like you should be thinking of something... you just sit and stare but your mind is totally blank and you can't bring up a thought even if you try really hard. It's like I hear something in my head but it's TV static. Can't make anything out but I know there's something there.

This happens to me all the freaking time and it's frustrating. If I'm in public or driving and zone out I can be that way and go through the motions of shopping or driving or what-not but others can tell I'm not present. I can even count out money correctly and so far no auto accidents. So it's like I can function but I don't really remember it and I'm totally zoned out and struggling to get back and I can't.

Ugh... I'm ranting but it just happened to me and I have a second of alone time so wanted to share it here and see your experience with this. Thanks and sorry for the rant!

[thinker22]

Yes. I experience it quite often too. It's a form of dissociation. Can be either depersonalization (where you don't feel like you really exist) or derealization (where it seems that the world outside of you doesn't exist). Or both.

I wonder sometimes how I get home when I'm in these states and driving. I sit sometimes in bed when I'm depressed and stare at the wall and can't think a single thought, but can't close my eyes. I do it at night when I can't sleep also. It lacks anxiety or feeling or anything.

Dissociation can happen to anyone...those who suffer MI and "normal" people. It can be minor or major. Temporary or long term. I know the term is usually seen as a severe problem, but mine usually only lasts for minutes or hours on particularly bad days. It's not technically a disorder in these cases. It might be part of PTSD or major depression in my case.

You're not alone. I didn't realize how common it was until I read about it in my psychology text last quarter. Most people just dismiss it as absentmindedness.

[BNLsMOM]

I do it often as well. Sometimes I am looking at the wall and realize that I am staring into space. My next thought is "I am staring into space," and it still takes me a few minutes to get back to reality.

I also do it sometimes where I feel like I am a different person viewing the world from the way that person would. Sometimes the person is fictional, sometimes real.

Other times, on really bad days, I realize the day is gone and I can't really remember how I spent my time.

[grizmom]

It doesn't happen to me as often as it used to...when I was still living with my parents and was still undiagnosed it happened a lot...I'd be laying on my bed listening to music and all of a sudden realize that I missed half of the songs, or I'd go to class and then the bell would ring at the end as if no time had passed. It was a very disconcerting feeling.

[chalmette70043]

This too happens to me. I dont' make it through like you do. I've run right through red lights and stop signs. Have been late going places because i went into lala land. And yeah i hate when i start something then somehow i finish it without remember doing it. I'm told its from the ptsd.

Have you talked to your pdoc or t about it? they might be able to help in some way. I wish you the best and be safe.

[Fire_Star]

Me too. All the time. Last few months have been a lot better, I seem to 'break out' of it for moments. For most half of last year, I was always like this. It was creepy but then I got use to it in a way. :/ However, I've noticed, though it's not all day, every day like it was, now it seems 'stronger'. The other day when I zoned out when i 'came to' again, I really had no idea where I was etc. Then I figured it out. I managed to head half way the wrong way on a bus from my target destination ><