Most of the time I start to dissociate or 'go away for a while' is when I'm trying to concentrate the hardest at work. Not quite sure that it yet. I'll be fighting to concentrate on something and I find myself staring off into space and usually only a few moments have passed. Lots of outside noise in my office that can bring me back (i.e. phone, voices, two-way radio, etc.). When this happens I try to get out of my office and do something else for a bit to try and let my brain rest.

At home I can stare out the window, start to daydream and then lose an hour or more if left undisturbed. And not remember anything from that time.

It's worse, of course, when my symptoms are high. But it happens even when I'm feeling good.

I honestly don't think our spacing out is strange...it's just a part of who we are now. Part of how our brain now deals with the stresses of life. And different sets of circumstances at different parts of even the same day can lead to different ways of going away for a while.

Lisa