depersonalization.. anyone can relate to this?

[Falkor]

Hi,

sometimes i am really dizzy and i feel like im living in a dream, like that im not awake, not alive.. like that everyhthing around me seems strange like a different world.. and its like everything gets smaller or bigger and i scare from the things around me.. it brings me anxiety.. and i cant relate to my body anymore , and i feel like im a different person.. like i dont know me
and i only experience fear.. not other emotion.. everything makes me stressed when i have depersonalization..

anyone else experience this?

 

[fudgy]

tbh it has only been medication that has made me feel like that ..and it was a good description to what pills do to me .....which is why I have always declined the offer.

 

[bigrob]

I spend most of the time in a depersoanlized state. I used to say I was "out of phase" with the world until I found out what it really was a few months ago.

I hate it. It's probably one of the more unpleasant things I go through.

 

[DanFC]

I've felt this only after long periods of time in isolation. It got to the point where I almost couldn't drive. Luckily I forced myself last year into more programs at my college and now I'm involved in research every day where II have to discuss, so it hasn't happened to me in a while. But when it did happen, it would go on for days and days until some random event happened to kind of snap me out of it.

 

[lunarla]

I've only experienced it a couple times, and just recently, myself. I do know someone who's been experiencing it for a while, and it can be reaaaally freaky. I think it's good to realize that for the most part, it's just a symptom of anxiety. It's not a whole scary disorder itself.

 

[Hellhound]

Yes, I can relate. I am most of the time feeling like that... it's become a familiar thing at this point. I don't fear it, but it doesn't feel good either.

 

[dooby-duck]

A few months ago now I think I had this twice within a few minutes. It was a really strange sensation. I was out walking the dog and there were several people walking around. The first time it happened I was crossing the road. It felt like everything slowed down and slightly blurred. I felt like I was walking about a step ahead of my body. It only lasted about ten seconds but was really freaky. THe second time was about 30 seconds later.

 

[EscapeArtist]

I've been getting this a lot lately. Maybe it's the zoloft? I'm glad you've found a word for it, I wasn't able to.

 

[recluse]

I am often in this state. I feel unreal and my brain feels foggy.

 

[Pookah]

World seems a bit like Alice in Wonderland at times, in a bad way.

 

[Ritta]

It happens to me as well. It feels like I'm half awake half asleep. Everything looks very blurry. My eyesight is not the best, but then again it's not that bad. It's like my body is in auto mode and it's only meant to take me wherever I need to go. I seem to wake up from this dream state whenever someone bumps into me or tries to talk to me. ::

 

[deliman]

this happened to me when i had my first anxiety attack several years ago...it was really scary.

 

[EvilFlyingCow]

This happens to me every once in a while. A few times it's gotten so bad I had to commit myself to the behavioral health center.

 

[hopethishelps]

I don't know if I suffered from the same thing, but when I got these when I was a kid, I didn't get freaked out or anything. I thought it was strange, but it was kind of fun

 

[bigrob]

I don't know if I suffered from the same thing, but when I got these when I was a kid, I didn't get freaked out or anything. I thought it was strange, but it was kind of fun

It's actually similar to the effects of marijuana.

Personally, I can't see people wanting to feel this way. Whenever my attacks happen I can't wait for it to end.

But I did develop a theory in the may be an issue with some of us and the natural cannaboid levels in our brains....maybe some of us have a naturally high level thus we "trip out". But my research hasn't shown any testing done to that effect, in fact the only cannaboid antagonist drug I have found was marketed as a weight loss drug but denied FDA approval because cannaboids seem to regulate a great deal of bodily functions (metabolism, temperature, ect) and posed a health risk.

But if I could find a psychological testing lab interested I know I would volunteer for the testing.