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Hello my friend .I would really have this checked out if I were you.it sounds to me like blackouts or maybe seizures.But if it is MPD you are doing some pretty dangerous stuff .Take care please there are others on the road besides you and I care that you get hurt and that others get hurt and what hurting someone else may do to you .HUGS

Hey, this also happens to me, on a very regular basis, and I was checked and although I do have some "interesting" brain activity, I don't have seizures. I FREQUENTLY find myself coming out of empty blackness, and re entering the physical world. It usually takes me a little while to gather myself, and put my brain back together. I would think this would be more typical of DID. Just know you're not alone. It really is very unnerving to have to go through, but if it is DID, I think there is usually someone there who will make sure you don't get hurt. For me...I NEVER remember what happened or what the body was doing, and that's ok with me. I live my own life and they live theirs I guess.

it happens to me also and i too have been checked for seizure disorder but the results have been inconclusive as it must happen while you're hooked up or the machine can't detect it. i cope by not getting bent about it, i forget things a lot and sometimes become disoriented in time, even a digital clock doesn't help. i can tell you what it says, for example now it is 11:44am but sometimes that doesn't mean anything to me, i can't figure out if i need to get read for work now or if i should be there or if i have plenty of time between now and 2:30 when i need to leave. luckily that doesn't happen too often but it is difficult to deal with just as finding yourself somewhere you don't recall going is. the only good thing is that while in such a dissociated state you will NOT do something you wouldn't normally do, like shoplift unless you'd do that while you're fully aware. that was always my biggest fear, i'd break the law and not know and get arrested, but everything i've read and every professional i know says it doesn't happen - so unless it does i'm not concerned about it. i hope you feel less alone now.

This is very typical of DID. It can be very disconcerting at first, but if you relax and reassure yourself(selves) that someone will watch out for the body, things will become a little easier. After 20 years with the diagnosis, I am still having blackouts and I anticipate that I will the rest of my life. Some people are lucky and are able to stop the blackouts with intense internal dialogue, so that may be something you can do. Are you in therapy or have a pdoc? I would certainly let them know what is happening and what your concerns are, meanwhile, we are here and are happy to tell you that you are totally normal...at least for a person with DID!

Purrs--Laura

I've never had that profound of a loss of time, that I know of. However, that is a classic sign of MPD. Or, going to bed on Friday night and waking up Monday morning. With no alcohol involved.

But I do have shorter periods of memory/time loss, and can't find stuff I just put somewhere. It ticks me off, but is also scary when I find the thing, and I don't even remember putting it there.