I just thought I'd post it here. I've had these 'occurances' since I was 6 or so (and I'm 21 now)? I told my mom once, she got all worried, so I brushed it off with "oh I realized it was a daydream" and went about my way while her worries vanished. What happens, is I can be staring or reading something, and things will blur (yes, even when I'm wearing my glasses or contacts in which I can see perfectly clear), and I seem to lose focus and touch with things. If someone calls my name, I can distantly hear them but don't seem to snap out of it til 5 or so seconds afterwards and in that time frame things seem slower and strange. When I snap out of it things clear up and come into focus again. And this isn't a daydream from what friends have referred to as dreaming about goals, the "hot chick/guy in class" or what they're having for dinner etc. I see the same things in my surroundings, just blurry and I can't seem to focus on anything (whether it be with my eyes or attention span in that 5 second window). I have been in a coma and had issues breathing when I was a year old (I turned blue and was put in the hospital for days). I've also bounced on my parents bed when I was two and cracked my skull open on the bedside table and had to have it sewn together again.. (Maybe that's why? I don't know.) --------- ...I feel kind of embarassed posting it here. I mean, I'm not crazy, but this has something I've always wondered. Has anyone had anything similar happen to them? Or do you know of what it might be?
You should mention this to your physician. It might be just a mental drift but it could also be something more serious. I would recommend that you have it evaluated since it could be problematic if you are driving or doing something that requires concentration.
I can get like this, too, although perhaps not quite as deep as you. What usually happens is I just get immersed in something. A popular story told about me as a child was when I was in first grade. I apparently started reading during class, and just totally got sucked in. I kept reading and reading. The teacher told us all to get ready for recess...and I kept reading. The class was dismissed table by table to the playground...and I kept reading. After all the students had filed out, the teacher walked over and was about to leave the classroom...and there I was, still reading. Finally, she turned the lights on, causing me to jerk my head up suddenly. I had literally no idea what had happened during that time. I wasn't even aware that I was (nearly) alone in my classroom. My teacher smiled indulgently and said "Now that's what I call concentration." Like you, I've never had it happen while driving or what not. But friends and family can start feeling like I'm ignoring them at times. Lex
xD This happens to me too. Only, I can also control when it happens. I can make it happen. It's almost relaxing to me. Just to get out of reality for a few seconds.
Yea, I can be reading, but things start to blur (and I'm not really following the lines like I was a second ago) for a period of 5 seconds or so, and I stare at one space and then things come into focus again and I get a bit annoyed that I wasn't reading properly. >< Weird. Haha, thanks. I'm glad I'm not the only one.
Yeah, i get this a lot actually... then again I can also force myself to snap out if absolutley necessary
