What the heck happened to me?

[Anonymous]

So I was about an hour out, on my way home and then I guess I zoned out a little bit but all of a sudden, I realize I'm going in the opposite direction without ever consciously doing so, the clock that read 1:40ish in the afternoon now said 20 or so after four and it was getting dark out! What the HECK?

[CrazyGirl2]

You entered, what is called in psychology, a “Fugue state”. A fugue can make it seem as though you were passed out, but you were not, you simply entered a modified delta brain wave state, which is essentially hypnotic sleep. In this state you continue to function appropriately (ex driving a car on the highway) but the long and short term memories don’t form. This gives you the illusion of sleep because you went from point A to point B without remembering the space or time in the middle. Without memories, time always appears to never pass, you just arrive in one moment then the next with no memory of anything that just happened. Out memories, or the quantity of memories we have aid in establishing a timeline of life. Without that mental/memory timeline everything would seem to just happen without cause or purpose

[Guy13]

Sounds like you need to visit a GP and get a referral out to specialists.

[petitedollbabee]

Disassociation/“zoning out”.

[Asker]

Well maybe there was some element of that, but it doesn't explain going in the opposite direction

[petitedollbabee]

Usually with disassociation your body and brain go into autopilot mode. Which would explain that.

[NathanDavis]

welcome to Australia...