And What About "Spacing Out"?

[littlemouse]

I feel relieved that so many others have experienced what I experience every day... I don't have any good techniques to deal with disassociation, I just try to make myself pay attention.

Today, actually, my husband and I were looking for a place to eat, and Benjamen had asked, "Hey, what about this Mexican and Salvadorian place?"

Because I was distracted by multiple things around us, like other restaurant signs and cars driving by and people yelling and laughing across the street, I had heard, "...A Mexican or Salvadorian place..."

I said, "Oh yeah, huh. Well there's this Mexican and Salvadorian place right here. You wanna go in?"

He got so frustrated he cussed under his breath. I was hurt, but I understood. I had been doing that all day. He says I have gotten worse over the past 6 months... I didn't used to be this spacey. It's bad enough that I have to admit I do this, as I am very self-conscious about it, but it's even worse that he gets so frustrated with me about it. :(

 

[Katja]

Hi!

My husband feels the same way about me....he asks me often....where did you go...I guess he can tell that I go "somewhere else"...and his has to repeat things many times and sometimes he gets upset like I am never listening to him. I am glad you brought up this topic because now I realize that it is probably PTSD that causes a lot of me spacing out

 

[TLight]

Pianogirl...........I can totally relate to what you are talking about when it comes to the physical stuff...........good description.

 

[strugglingdad]

Had that problem forever it seems. Just now finding out it's probably the PTSD. Seems to be getting worse, maybe because I'm in such a rough patch. Losing whole days. Can remember bits of conversation but can't remember who I was talking to. getting kind of nervous driving as my vision seems to narrow right up and the next thing I know I'm on someones bumper or going way to fast. Just can't concentrate on anything. When I start replying to a post I have to go back and make sure I'm still on the same subject I started on.