Memory hoarding?

[bbanxiety]

Just had quite a horrible experience.

I was on the phone with my partner and she said something that triggered me trying to remember a thought or a memory. It beared relatively no significance to the conversation, it was like a trigger word that I can't remember because the intense panic and anxiety I had afterwards overrode it.

It was like the word or sentence she said brought up an image in my head, and as soon as I tried to chase it and figure out what it was, I couldn't. Then massive anxiety and panic set in for about a minute until I sort of gave up trying, then rode out the anxiety and I still am now.

Unsure if this is OCD, as I've suffered with it quite bad in the past. The nearest description I can find for this is memory hoarding but again, I don't know.

Can anyone relate?

[italiancookie]

This happens to me too - not as often as it used to, but it’s really unsettling. Not sure what it is myself.