Tell me it's all a bad dream?

[AngelusNovus]

Do you ever get disassociations with reality? As if nothing is real, it's just a play and you're an actor acting a role? I feel like I'm just dreaming all this, I feel like it's all fake what I'm doing, nothing is natural or spontaneous, just 'put on', so to speak...am I just totally crazy here or what?!

 

[Melodie]

Nope, you're not crazy. There's a difference between having these thoughts and actually believing them. When you start to actually believe that your life is just a dream then you should question your sanity. As long as you just "feel" as if nothing is real but don't logically believe that nothing is real, then you're sanity is probably perfectly fine.

I feel like you a lot of the time. I think sometimes I tell myself that nothing is real because it's obviously easier to deal with life that way. It's just my mind's way of trying to find an escape from the everyday mental hell.

Plus, when I am having a panic attack or just having high anxiety levels I get a mental fog. So, it's kind of logical to feel like things aren't real when you don't feel like yourself. It's almost like my mind as I know it just suddenly changes and it can be extremely scary to not recognize your own self.

 

[TheWall]

I feel like that a lot. For me it feels like life is a movie or something and I'm just along for the ride.

 

[rand0m_guy]

Hello

What you are actually describing is; Depersonalization/Derealization disorder.

A person can have it as a disorder on it's own, or as part of other mental health condition such as panic disorder/depression/bipolar disorder.

I have experienced symptoms of DP which have been related to other problems I have, and I know how horrible it can be.

Firstly let me say this: you are not going mad in any way and can get better! Also, you are most certainly not alone.

When I first had symptoms of DP disorder, I thought I'd lost my mind. That thought in turn let to greater anxiety/panic, and had a snowball affect.

There are many forums dedicated solely to DP disorder, which you may want to visit for tips on recovery, speak with other people about it, and also it can help just not to feel alone.

Different methods will help different people. For me, accepting the symptoms and trying not to fight them helped me get better from it, along with several other self-help measures such as eating well, exercising, and just trying not to let it take completely over my life.

I wish you all the luck in the world getting better!

 

[lyricalliaisons]

As a kid, (like 8, or even younger), I used to wonder if all the world was a giant dream. If I was actually asleep somewhere & was actually dreaming my whole life & everything & everyone in it. No one or nothing actually existed except for in my mind.

I guess almost like something in "The Matrix," where everyone's actually inside those pods.. dreaming their lives... only not quite so dramatic or disgusting. I sometimes wonder if it could actually be the case.

The thing that makes me know that that can't be the case is all the horrible things going on in the world. I know I would never dream up these things. So, I know that things must actually be real, even if they don't seem like it.