"Gazes" getting scary...

Good Morning - I had a question about my staring episodes... Growing up I've always had the habit of my eyes getting stuck in a gaze for about 30 seconds or so. I've always remained completely aware of my surroundings during these 'gazes', but I become slow in my speech and anything i'm doing with my hands, and it would always happen during class or at my desk at work - mostly I guess when i'm bored or tired. And in a weird way, these gazes are relaxing for me because that's the way my entire body responds - just relaxed. And although I am able to force myself to "snap out of it", I hate to do that because the harder the gaze, the harder it is to snap out of it. But recently, it's been happening A LOT while i'm actively doing something and it's becoming a little scary. It ALWAYS happens now while i'm driving which is no good because I can still move the wheel but my eyes are stuck in one place and I can't really pay attention to the road like I need to. And like i said, it's getting harder and harder to snap out of it (not because it hurts or anything, but as I mentioned before, it makes my body so relaxed that it's like I almost don't have the energy to snap out of it). I've read up on Atypical Absence Seizures and it kind of sounds like what i'm experiencing, but this never happened THAT MUCH as a child, and I always have recollection of what went on (when I'm around people and i start to gaze, I actually say "hey look, my eyes are stuck again" so I know I'm fully aware of what's going on) *I'm here at work and I just caught one of those gazes and since I had to force myself to snap out of it, I feel like it's going to happen again because 'I interrupted it'...feels like my brain is still stuck on wanting to get...stuck!** Should I see a specialist about this? Any advice would help...thank you all...apologies for the lengthy post!