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Question: Hi there, sorry if this is a bit long winded.
I believe there may have been more to my childhood than my brain’s allowing me to remember. For a combination of factors I’ve started to wonder if their may be some aspects of my upbringing I’ve repressed that are contributing to my declining mental health.
One aspect of my childhood that I find strange was the sensation I often had of... Teleporting? Is, I guess, the best word for it? From the ages of 4-7(?) I’d have moments where I’d blink and suddenly be somewhere else. Like, I’d be sitting on the floor in a lesson, blink, and suddenly be at my desk with about 20 minutes having gone by. I would ask people how I got there and how much time had passed, and no one really believed me when I told them what I had experienced. No one else I’ve asked has really experienced anything quite like it. Could this possibly have been some form of disassociation/memory repression? If not, what was it?
I believe there may have been more to my childhood than my brain’s allowing me to remember. For a combination of factors I’ve started to wonder if their may be some aspects of my upbringing I’ve repressed that are contributing to my declining mental health.
One aspect of my childhood that I find strange was the sensation I often had of... Teleporting? Is, I guess, the best word for it? From the ages of 4-7(?) I’d have moments where I’d blink and suddenly be somewhere else. Like, I’d be sitting on the floor in a lesson, blink, and suddenly be at my desk with about 20 minutes having gone by. I would ask people how I got there and how much time had passed, and no one really believed me when I told them what I had experienced. No one else I’ve asked has really experienced anything quite like it. Could this possibly have been some form of disassociation/memory repression? If not, what was it?
Brief Answer:
Dissociative phenomenon or seizures
Detailed Answer:
Hello
Welcome to HCM.
I have gone through your query.
From whatever details you have given, I think the most likely possibilities would either dissociative phenomenon or kind of seizures.
I think an EEG would have be en able differentiate between the two.
Anyhow, do you still experience those symptoms?
Regards.
Dissociative phenomenon or seizures
Detailed Answer:
Hello
Welcome to HCM.
I have gone through your query.
From whatever details you have given, I think the most likely possibilities would either dissociative phenomenon or kind of seizures.
I think an EEG would have be en able differentiate between the two.
Anyhow, do you still experience those symptoms?
Regards.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Yogesh D
No, I haven’t experienced this since I was about seven. I should mention that I seemingly could function during these lost periods of time, as no one seemed to notice anything different or off.
Brief Answer:
Dissociative phenomenon
Detailed Answer:
Hi again.
In that case, those episodes would have been some dissociative phenomenon and not seizures.
Hope this answers your query.
Thanks.
Dissociative phenomenon
Detailed Answer:
Hi again.
In that case, those episodes would have been some dissociative phenomenon and not seizures.
Hope this answers your query.
Thanks.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Prasad
Thank you for your input! One last question: if they were in fact dissociative phenomena, would they necessarily be onset/linked to some sort of trauma or is it possible that they occurred just out of the blue?
Brief Answer:
Develops after a psychological trauma
Detailed Answer:
You are welcome.
The dissociative episodes usually develop after some psychological trauma.
The intensity of trauma may or may not be severe.
It is quite possible that you might not remember at present, what triggered these episodes then. Because the psychological trauma could have been an apparently trivial event also.
Hope this answers your query.
Thanks
Develops after a psychological trauma
Detailed Answer:
You are welcome.
The dissociative episodes usually develop after some psychological trauma.
The intensity of trauma may or may not be severe.
It is quite possible that you might not remember at present, what triggered these episodes then. Because the psychological trauma could have been an apparently trivial event also.
Hope this answers your query.
Thanks
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Kampana
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