Weird? No,familar...I've had that happen especially at stressfull times like the Holiday and long weekend we just had. Please take good care of yourself.

No, not weird to hear about. It does sound like disassociation... This is your nudge to take care of you right now too :)

Been there also. Seems when it does happen it's doing something simple like cleaning, making my bed, etc. Not sure if it's disassociation or just being preoccupied with something else.

It doesn't sound like disocciation to me as much as it sounds like depersonalization. Yes I have experienced this on several occasions. Since you are such a research hound here is from Wikipedia. Depersonalization is an alteration in the perception or experience of the self so that one feels detached from, and as if one is an outside observer of, one's mental processes or body.[1] It can be desirable, such as in the use of recreational drugs, but it is usually referring to the severe form found in anxiety and in the most intense case, panic attacks. It is most often described as a symptom of emotions, such as panic or fear. A sufferer feels that he or she has changed and the world has become less real it is vague, dreamlike, or lacking in significance. It can sometimes be a rather disturbing experience, since many feel that indeed, they are living in a "dream."

Chronic depersonalization refers to depersonalization disorder which is classified by the DSM-IV as a dissociative disorder. Derealization is a similar term to depersonalization, and the two are often used interchangeably. However, more specifically, derealization is the feeling that "nothing is real," while depersonalization is the feeling that one is "detached" from one's body or world. Though these feelings can happen to anyone, they are most prominent in anxiety disorders, clinical depression, bipolar disorder, and some types of epilepsy.
I am sure you will be doing your own research on this soon. haha ;) ttfn little

Little - BRILLIANT! :)

LOVE how you put in the research. Very useful and very helpful. ;)

same things happen to me all the time. makes me feel like a freak and it scares the crap out of me

Thanks guys! It's probably happened more times than I have taken notice to.

Thanks Little for your research!! I know you KNOW a lot about PTSD too!! Glad to see you posting ;) !!

I think I have the depersonalization thing, I always thought it was useful to be able to step outside of myself and just observe my palpitations and panic attacks instead of being hijacked complettely by them.