YOU ARE NOT ALONE - A companion online community discussion board for The Mental Illness Happy Hour podcast with Paul Gilmartin

Never found anyone quite like me who has lost chunks of time through life but doesn't have other identities. Therapist said was dissociative personality, but is that really a thing other people experience?

All the time. There are vast chunks of time that I can't remember without being prompted by someone else ("don't you remember going to the taco place in Barstow?" No, I don't. Not even a little). I used to think it was just at moments of high stress that I would black out (or dissociate or whatever), but lately I don't know. Things just don't stay in my head very well.

One thing I read recently, though, is that PTSD is often misdiagnosed as a personality disorder because the symptoms can look so much alike. Dissociation is definitely a feature of PTSD and is very common among abuse survivors, so there's that.

I know this is an old post, but this is entirely what I'm trying to figure out for myself.

I've noticed recently that I seem to be dropping the ball with some responsibilities but with no recollection of how(for example people swearing they left me a voicemail and me having no idea what they're talking about). It seems to be getting more severe and I'm losing bigger chunks of time, getting halfway through the workday, realizing I've barely accomplished anything and not knowing how that happened.