Yes I know what your going threw. I am so spaced out in stressful situation that I cant function and something in my brain shuts down. I get spaced out in non stressful sitiation. I have ask my Doctor about this. He told me that it was my coping skill that a part of my brain is shutting down. I worked in sugery but no longer. I cant stand not to work so I have transferred to another position. A much lesser position in my hospital. It sucks. This is my number one symtom of PTSD that I must overcome. Dont know if that possible. New to threapy and any TX for this. Just hadnt got that far. But you cannot freeze in surgery. I miss my job.

MY doctor suffers as a vet himself. The only way we could find out what I was trying to say. He gave an example of himself being in a foxhole and guns firing everywhere. He could see and responsed but he couldnt hear anything. As if that sence that he didnt need at the moment went away due to brain overload.

So I truly believe that it is a coping skill to just shut down some parts of your brain and yours is speech.

I am new to all of this and do not like replying to much but I was happy to hear someone else had a similar symptom.