Ever since I was about 11, I've had this really strange tendency to randomly get mixed up with my surroundings. It doesn't happen very often, but I'll forget for a split second where exactly I am, or what exactly I'm doing, or who I'm with. It's not anything that really hinders me in anyway, it's not like I wind up forgetting what's going on... the mix up lasts for maybe a second or two, until I re-assure myself of my current situation. The lapse seems to be caused by a very sudden flashback of an obscure memory. Sometimes I just get part of a quote someone said, long ago... it's really clear, like being there almost... a few days ago, I had a "flashback" of something that occurred maybe 20 years ago. It was a flashback to my grandmother's living room, in the evening... it lasted just long enough for me to hear her say "the weather".
It wasn't something imagined, it was something that actually once happened.
Like I said, it hasn't resulted in any actual confusion... I think they only time I ever had an embarrassing moment due to this was when I asked where someone went, when they actually hadn't been there all day.
Also, I tend to become very vulnerable to this while I'm tired. I've caught myself "reliving" conversations I had long ago... I "hear" the other person/people and reply in turn. This only seems to happen if I'm close to falling asleep, or if I'm already asleep, and my guard is down I suppose.
Has anyone ever heard of this occurring?
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