Totally detaching from reality: This feels... - Anxiety Support

Anxiety Support

53,144 members49,203 posts

Totally detaching from reality

5 Replies

This feels like dying. I am completely detached from reality, detached from myself, feel weak and lightheaded and can't even speak. I have no idea how it got this bad.

5 Replies

Can you try the anxiety relief techniques?

I hope you feel better soon 🙂

kkat37 profile image
kkat37

Can you try grounding techniques to help bring you back into the right now. Do the grounding technique over and over.

Name 5 things you can see

Name 4 things you can touch

Name 3 things you can hear

Name 2 things you can smell

Name 1 thing you can taste

in reply to kkat37

Im trying but my eyes are all messed up and im dizzy and its like i cant see and everything is scaring me.

in reply to

Sorry to hear, have you ever tried Dramamine for vertigo? My vision gets blurry during an anxiety episode as well. I have been using the cold towel on forehead and eyes- seems to relieve the pressure

How long have you been feeling that way?

You may also like...

Detachment from reality

I'm Liz I suffer from anxiety, all my life I've felt detached from reality it's like I'm here but...

feeling of detachment

weeks,my panic attacks arnt as frequentmbut i feel detached from the world,is this a symptom of my...

Detached and feel like I'm going crazy

also feel like I'm about to lose the plot when I feel so detached from myself , any one else feel...

feeling a bit detached...

Hi everyone, been feeling detached all day, managed to pick up a bicycle from my sister to do a bit...

Needed a break from reality

to take a long weekend vacation. My anxiety was bad the day before and of my trip . I guess the...