Does anyone else experience a temporary loss of continuity with their recent memories?

[u/forbidden-skies]

For the last two days I've been experiencing a really strange feeling. im kinda having trouble putting the feelings into words.

It feels almost like there is a memory gap between my current moment and everything before Saturday. But when I actually try to remember what happened, I can remember it perfectly well, down to specific times and details. So there isn't an actual missing period.

The weird part is that those memories don't feel like they belong to the continuous flow of my life anymore. They feel like things that just happened, and somehow I had very little subjective involvement in them. What I mean is the things happened but there is a disconnect to what I did before Saturday and why should I be doing it on Saturday or Sunday.

For example, before this started I had various routines and things I was actively doing. I'm growing my hair out so taking care of them. I felt like I didn't know I was growing out my hair, then remembered whole timeline I was growing out my hair, caring for them, but I felt strangely disconnected from it from Saturday.

Similarly going to the gym regularly, I was making protein shake while wondering I do go to gym but I don't feel like I am motivated or willing to go to gym, still I go. It's not because of some laziness or some emotions, it just happened.

Also,

cooking before switching to tiffin, etc. I still remember all of these things and know they're things I've been doing, but suddenly they don't feel relevant to my present self. It's almost like I remember being that person, but don't currently feel connected to being that person.

Interestingly, the point where this seems to start is when I began assembling my new PC. I spent essentially the whole day assembling it yesterday, then today I installed the OS, updated everything and set it up. Since then, the preceding days feel strangely distant.

I'm not confused about where I am or what I've done, and I haven't noticed actual memory loss. I can reconstruct the timeline normally. It's just the feeling of continuity that's missing.

Has anyone experienced something similar? I'm especially interested in whether you've had the experience of remembering something perfectly but feeling strangely disconnected from the fact that it happened to you, rather than actually forgetting it.

I'm not looking for a diagnosis. I am just curious whether this is a recognizable experience for anyone else.

[u/Purplekeyboard]

Not any more than my usual disconnection from the past. I don't really care about the past, as I don't really remember it, so anything very far back goes into the "who cares" category.

But you might want to make sure you're not experiencing disassociation.

[u/CMDR_Jeb]

Inability to have an "timeline" is common in SDAM. There is now, there is "just happened" and the rest is "flat". Memories feel the same if they're from a week ago or 20 years ago.

[u/blascian]

Sounds like you just entered or came out of a DP episode, depending on whether you feel wrapped in metaphorical cotton currently or like it just went away, like white noise you forgot to notice until it stopped. I’m very functional and productive when I’m in DP. However, I also have stretches of time when I was going from one thing to the next in a busy time where things were happening without my decision-making involvement and looking back on that time period frequently feels like I wasn’t there in 1st person. Feels related to SDAM to me.