FruitJuice617

Okay, so I have a question and I've never known who (or even how) to ask. Maybe you'll have something for me.

But I've had this thing happen to me at really random times throughout the last few years. It's like my brain sort of briefly disconnects? Everything around me feels both familiar and unfamiliar and I have to reorient my brain.

For example, I'll be talking to my fiancee about our plans for the evening. During the conversation, i will randomly feel like I'm sort of having an out of body experience. My body is there, and my mind is still controlling it, but everything feels extremely unfamiliar and hazy. I remember who my fiancee is, but she still feels unfamiliar somehow and I have to still remind myself of who she is and what she means. And then, BAM, after maybe a 10 second episode, I'm back in my body and everything is totally normal again. If it happens by myself, I still have to reorient myself with whatever's around in a similar fashion.

So...what's happening and should I worry? Should I talk to a doctor? This only ever happens for maybe 10 seconds at a time and the incidents happen maybe 5 times a year so I never really looked for answers.

Thank you for the response! It's nice to know there's a word for what's probably going on and I'm likely not losing my marbles. The first few times it happened it was very jarring.