Examples of disassociation? I am getting better.

I wonder if anyone can tell me what this is.

* Large parts of my childhood were missing, much still is. Friends remember about these times. Sometimes they told me about what I did and what happened which I thought afterwards this was not me. I thought this person must be some other person that was there.
* During college walking into the cafeteria not knowing how I got there, and no memory of what happened of where I was for the entire day leading up to this event.
* I sometimes went out and in during a conversation I am trying to follow, constantly asking the person to repeat themselves, or pretending that I understood them.
* I found myself in front of my car with my keys in my hand, however, I did not know where I was, looked at the car in front of me not recognizing my car, not understanding what I was doing there, and not understanding what was in my hand.

I am beginning to remember significant parts of my “missing” childhood, also even remembering some names of people. I no longer go out and in during conversations with very few exceptions. There has been no more instances of the other aspects of my problem.

However, I can forget what was I was going to do just before I was going to do it. It takes me a couple minutes to figure out what I am doing. This can happen allot. It is like the memory became suddenly erased. I sometimes do not remember the specifics of what happened or what was said in the recent past. My daughter can be frustrated with me. However, this does not happen much. I sometimes at a loss for describing or saying something simple. I hope this is not dementia setting in.

Its definitely something to discuss with a professional.

It happens to a lot of people from time to time, I was told. It can happen to anyone as a result of high stress or exhaustion/not sleeping properly for several nights.

But yeah, to me it happens several times each day.