This happened earlier in the week. I was driving on a 4 lane highway that I'm on a few times a week - I know every bump and curve. Late afternoon, but still light out, no bad weather, etc. I wasn't tired or stressed or mad, just toodling on home.

Then I had this moment where I was dizzy, and for about 2 miles I had NO idea where I was. I had the sense that I should know, that it was familiar, but I couldn't figure out where I was or why I was there. Or where I was coming from. I just kept driving and knew I had to "shake it off" which I did.

It only last about 20 seconds, but felt like ages. I continued on home and thought that was weird, but went on with my day.

Its now been 4 days and I can't stop thinking about it. Has anyone had an experience like this? Any ideas??

PS - I'm healthy, eyes checked, blah blah blah. In fact, had my annual physical the day before.

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My experience might not quite be the exact same thing, but it happened a couple years ago.

I was driving my family home one afternoon and passing through the downtown area when I got the sensation that the van was sort of "floating" along, as if everything outside the van was as if I were watching a television screen, and we were merely imagining the sensation of movement. I managed to keep the vehicle steering right so we stayed in our lane until the feeling passed about 5-10 seconds later. Nobody else in the car experienced the same sensation. It seemed like I was playing a video game where I had to keep the car on the road, and fortunately I did, because we were passing through a narrowing part of the freeway passing under another road while going through a curve at the same time.

It has not re-occurred, but I always check myself each time when driving through the same section of freeway.

This happened to a friend once when I was in the car with her. It only lasted about 30 seconds and was scary as hell because I didn't know what was wrong with her. She's healthy - no medical issues and it hasn't happened since. She was so shaken by it (when she "came to") she had to pull over and started crying. She said she popped her neck, then her vision somehow "went sideways." She started shouting "where are we?! I don't know where I am!" even though were on the main drag through town that we drove on daily. ???

I've had a few similar experiences over the past few mouths most recently on new years eve I was out at a party in a club in town I can remember being there and drinking and dancing with friends. The next thing i can remember is being sat on my sofa at home the strange thing was my bike that was locked up outside the club was in my hallway.
I have no memory of leaving the club or cycling home.
As i say this has happened several times it's beginning to worry me.

There was one incident when i was in a club the next thing i know I'm in an Indian restaurant ordering a curry ????

Kinda sounds like you might have had a light seizure. I'd be going to the doctor and getting myself checked out if I were you.

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hello, i go through this all time. when i drive , somtimes i start to think of things , and actually forget that i am driving, but my eyes are still focused on the road. I seemed to figure out why i still drive perfect , while i am not even paying attention. I think my eyes are still looking at the road so its actually feeding your brain the signal, but at the same time some other part of my brain is thinking about something. LIke when i go for long drives, i dont even remember how i drove 5 miles, like its amazing, but at the same time going to work last month, it happened and i think my brain or something responded in a wrong way and i crashed into a pole, cost me about 1000 dollar in repair. So be careful, dont let mind play games on you. One thing I learned is dont listen to music and keep your mind clear, bec if you start thinking about stuff, you will loose concentration and your more likely to make mistakes. so drive safe take care

It's not entirely uncommon for me to not recognize my surroundings for 5 - 10 seconds when I wake up. Especially if it happens suddenly in the middle of the night,

Come to think of it, I have had other experiences where I didn't recognize my surroundings...I've always assumed that I was just exhausted.

Originally posted by shushu
Kinda sounds like you might have had a light seizure. I'd be going to the doctor and getting myself checked out if I were you.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking as well. Seizures can do some crazy things to the mind and that sounds like a symptom of a light stage of a seizure. Even the impression that you don't recognize something at all but then a few seconds later know what's going on. I think you might want to get an appointment if it happens again... Possibly even if it doesn't.

I had a similar experience....I was on my way to Atlantic City with my mother and sister. My sister was driving, my mom was in the passenger seat and I was in the back. We were about 5 miles from the exit ramp that leads into Atlantic City and for some reason, I blacked out or fell asleep. A few minutes later, I awoke thinking we should be there by now...but we were actually about 15 miles past the exit, I'm looking out the window, asking my sister, "Where are we?". She had no idea and neither did my mom. They couldn't figure out how we missed the exit..It was daylight and we had driven this route numerous times.

P.S. It seems like my sister didn't know she missed the exit until I woke up.

This ''could'' be an instance of accidental ''moving meditation''. Some people can meditate in stillness while it's triggered by others by running or in this case driving. Snapping out of it would be startling. Fighting it as is's happening could account for some of what's been re-told here.
Hope that makes sense.