Dissociative amnesia or some kind of metal block?

I don't remember how exactly I came about this but anyway...I was looking up different kinds of disorders that I felt that I might have, and I came across something called Dissociative Amnesia. I think I might have it.

First of all I'm 18, my parents are divorced(ever since i was 8 or so)...my mom hates my dad A LOT and I ended up looking exactly like him, so much so that I was named after him. And unfortunately my mom has said some crazy stuff to me over the years...really mean stuff.

Now my dad once told me something that my mom did to me while she was coming to pick up my siblings and I from his apartment. He said something about me being shoved around the parking a lot, but I'm afraid I don't remember it at all. My dad tells me I was traumatized and that I've blocked it out of my mind. Maybe I was too young or something, I don't know.

And then when I was around 14 or 15, my dad told me that years back I had called my grandparents and started cussing them out and shouting and stuff. After he said this I assured him that it never happened. I was shocked that my grandparents and father would think that I'd actually do that. I never recall doing any such thing ever.

Was I traumatized so badly that I now have a mental block or could they just be wrong?

Another symptom is impairment in social situations. That sounds like me as well. After I talk to anybody I am always wondering what they are thinking about me. I replay almost every conversation that I have with someone and see if there was anything stupid I said or something.

Could this traumatic event( if it indeed did happen) have caused me to doubt my personality entirely? I don't know what to think anymore.Dissociative amnesia or some kind of metal block?
I'm not sure if you can say you have the disorder just based on that because It is most likely a mental block. It's very common that our minds would block out situations that we don't want to remember. %26amp; In response to the other answer, I don't think your dad is just trying to make you pick sides at all%26amp; there's a likely chance that what he said your mom doing or whatever is true based on that you look like him, are named after him, came from him and her love for him and the fact that she's said some mean stuff to you in the past.....I'd believe dad. you've probably tried to block out most of your mom's emotional abuse. hrmm and about the impairment in social situations, I think we all have that to some extent or at least I do but that might be due to common ground between you and i [emotional abuse from my mother] so we probably have emotional problems........if you and I do have some kind of disorder it'd probably mild, It doesn't sound like you have anything too serious, so don't chaa worry :-) most people haven't lived perfectly happy lifes and thus most people have, on some level, to some extent some sort of emotional problems, It's not uncommon at all.Dissociative amnesia or some kind of metal block?
Dont let psychology scare you..

It seems like your dad is just trying to make you pick sides, and if it did happen to you, you were probably too young to remember.. If it is a block then you will probably slowly recall it within the next 6 months since you will constantly be trying to think stuff up and piece things together, and it will become apparent because you are aware of it now..



seriously though.. dont doubt yourself.. you are going to change who you are entirely if you get used to this behavior.. dont worry, you are perfectly normal, im sure a lot of people, unless they are completely conceited, do exactly what you do in social situations..



if you really think you have a problem, go talk to the teen health center in your area or something, they have trained psychologists there, and they can help you out.. =]



you are normal, hope i helped :)