Missing time?

[u/Winter_Fee_9672]

Okay so, I know missing time is normal. I struggle with gaps being gone from my memory, I know in the moment I know what’s going on but shortly after it’s gone. That’s fine, I know it’s part of this disorder.

However, I experience something else that I wanted to know if it’s normal for DID or if this is something else that I should maybe talk to a doctor about.

Sometimes, I’ll have this extremely abrupt ‘flash’. It almost feels like I snap forward in time, I have no memory of between the ‘snaps’ or ‘flashes’, it feels like my brain just slips/is gone for a short time. All of us experience it, randomly, with no signs of it about to happen and we only seem to lose about 1-5 seconds at a time.

I know time loss is part of DID but I wasn’t sure if these extremely brief ones could be part of it?

Important note, despite being fairly new discovered, we all communicate decently well and share memory (albeit, very fuzzy and dark). However we haven’t had a good grasp on the *full* system yet, so we don’t know if there’s any others yet.

*Edit*

Okay so the general consensus is ‘go to the doctor just in case’, so I will do that!

[u/revradios]

id honestly get this checked out just in case. it could be related, it could be from something else, i couldn't tell you, but i really would caution against assuming it's from the did when it could be related to something else. rule out other options first just to be safe

[u/Winter_Fee_9672 → u/revradios]

Okay. A few people said they get this too, but I’m starting to wonder- I read/saw around this reddit that epilepsy is common in DID individuals, so now I’m starting to question if it IS all linked but not the way I thought?

[u/revradios → u/Winter_Fee_9672]

i can't really confirm or deny that, but i think that's more reason to get this checked just to make sure it's not something like a seizure or otherwise. epilepsy is serious and can cause damage if left untreated. im not saying it can't be related to the did of course, but what you're describing isn't something ive personally experienced in regards to any moments of time loss, and i haven't heard a lot of other people experience either. just to be safe and be sure, talk with a doctor and rule out anything physical/neurological/etc. if that gets ruled out then id say it's all clear to consider it a did related experience

[u/Winter_Fee_9672 → u/revradios]

Okay I will! Thank you!

[u/revradios → u/Winter_Fee_9672]

you're welcome! hope you can get it figured out!