You Know You've Been Dissociating/being Absent Minded When...

[Forgetful]

When you go to take the dog for a walk and he takes off when you open the door because I forgot to put him on his leash.

 

[Forgetful]

When you read a comment on a thread and think that was a really nice comment, I wish I could be that nice. When I looked to see who wrote it and it was me

 

[Leigh925]

You are at work and you can't find your keys...you know you had to have them to make it there...you spend an hour turning your office upside down....and then go to the parking lot...only to find that you not only have left the keys in the ignition.....but you left the car ON and running for three hours. I can't believe it wasn't stolen. Funny thing was that I had been to my dr that morning and told her I didn't think I needed to refill some meds I was on. I really didn't need them. She insisted on writing the prescription anyway and said keep it in case you change your mind.....I got in my car when I found it running and drove straight to the pharmacy and had it filled!

 

[Leigh925]

When you find that time has passed you by and you find yourself in a new location and are not sure how you got there and what happened before.

When you "hear" people but can't understand what they are saying cuz they sound like you and they are "underwater".

Yes! This!

 

[Chimera]

When you've forgotten about all the dissasociatime time you spent because you dissasociate that too...ffs, I had no idea that was dissasociation until I read this...wondering now if I've already read this???
Ohhh ffs!!!

 

[Leigh925]

When you have to hit rewind on the TV three times because you can't remember what the person on the screen just said. Geez sometimes it takes me forever to watch something.

 

[Knak]

You panic because you can't find something because it is invisible when are looking at it

I did this again last night with my meds. I just keep running upstairs and downstairs looking in two spots, sometimes three - the stairway.

It was on top of my bed where I put it every morning to open it. It took 3 runs upstairs. I was amazed to see it but happy I found it.

...When you try to do the dishes and somehow end up eating a bowl of pudding.

...when you f...

I usually have something burning on the stove while this is going on. My mother gave me a tea kettle that was also a work of art that cost well over $100 and I irreparably burned it within a couple of weeks. I have destroyed many steel soup pots when boiling water to add humidity to the house.

It takes longer me to find what I need to do different parts of a project than the actual project takes.

I always tell myself when I put something away I am going to remember where I put it because it is a sensible place to keep it, yet I can never find it.

My lunch is sitting in the living room after eating a few spoonfuls and my husband is now fixing dinner.

When we eat dinner I usually get up 3 times because I forgot to bring something to the table.

 

[oasis2003]

When you suddenly think have we had Easter yet? Then remember you ate chocolate so must have been . Then think but I eat chocolate every day don't i ?!!

 

[Deleted member 19804]

When getting ready for bed looks something like this:

- Going to change clothes - did I put those pajamas in the wash already?
- ok. Brush my teeth. Oh hey, I shouldn't forget to take my meds.
- done brushing teeth: did I take my meds already? I think so.. or was that yesterday?
- locking front door. Looking outside to make sure there's no murderer standing out there. Turning key to see if it will go any farther, just to make sure.
- hey, I'm on my bed. I should go turn off the lights
- everything's dark, can't find my bed this way of course. Turning lights back on and going to turn on night light.
- turning off the lights and crawling into bed. Wait, did I lock the door? I should go check.

 

[Ronin]

When you're happy when you slide two decades, because boy, I didn't worry about stupid bullshit I do now :D
Then you remember to get current without dropping useful awareness and space out not knowing how to combine the two.

 

[ladee]

((((( @Cashew)))))

 

[Changing4Best]

I do this a lot when I am reading. I will suddenly realize I have been somewhere else, or thinking something else than what I am reading. I often cannot even recall what I was thinking about or feeling, I just know my mind was not on what I was reading and so I have to go back and find out where I was last comprehending what I was reading and then go on from there. Then it happens again and again until finally I just put the book down and give up.