Out of it?

[hardworker190]

Has anyone ever felt just out of it not themselves almost like your not even living or like your living on another planet?

[Laurennnnnnn]

Yes! It’s almost like I’m just watching everything happen like it’s not happening to me

[hardworker190 in reply to Laurennnnnnn]

Isn’t it weird?

[Laurennnnnnn in reply to hardworker190]

I hate it! It’s one of the anxiety/depression things that bothers me most because it is just so strange. And it’s impossible to explain to people who haven’t experienced it

[hardworker190 in reply to Laurennnnnnn]

Exactly

[Agora1]

hardworker & laurenlynn....this condition is called "Dissociative Disorder"

You both described it perfectly. It's a way our mind protects ourselves from

former Trauma or overwhelming anxiety and/or stress.

Talk Therapy as well as medication might help. I've experienced it and know

what the sensation is like. I was in an overwhelming state of fear and panic at

the time. (mine did not last long) It tends to come back when life seems like

too much to handle. That is the minds way of protecting us through this escape.

[Laurennnnnnn in reply to Agora1]

Yes! Life has been extra stressful lately and I’ve been disassociating so much more. I feel like I haven’t been here for the last three weeks

[hardworker190 in reply to Laurennnnnnn]

No way

[hardworker190 in reply to Agora1]

So it’s normal.

[Hidden in reply to hardworker190]

I suffer from this too......I’ve had it most days the past 2 weeks. My foggy head comes and goes during the day and I hate it more than any other of my symptoms.

As I understand it, it’s not normal but is common for us with anxiety. When my anxiety reduces, the foggy, cloudy, dream-like sleep-walking feeling disappears. If only I knew had to keep my anxiety low at all times?!

[Agora1 in reply to hardworker190]

As "RunnerBean" stated, it's more common for those with anxiety.

It's not that the so called average(normal) person doesn't get overwhelmed

with life at times, they just process it different and walk through their problems

clearheaded.

[hardworker190 in reply to Agora1]

It’s so scary

[Agora1 in reply to hardworker190]

Oh I agree..

[Hotmami85]

Yes! I get this often. Especially in high stress situations and it seems to last longer now then it used to. I do not want to talk anti depressants I have tried a few and had negative side effects with them. I try to deal with this without medication but it’s getting worse. Feels like my head is under water sometimes. or like I’m not even in my body like someone else is in it. Wish there was a natural cure for anxiety or panic disorders

[hardworker190 in reply to Hotmami85]

Scary

[ciley in reply to Hotmami85]

with you~

[Nora-B]

Oh my goodness yes. It started when I was very young but no one knew but me. As progressed from junior to secondary school I would often walk to school feeling almost like a robot. Funny part is that on days when I felt 'normal' I missed feeling odd and tried to bring the feeling back. It was only when I heard something on the radio at the time, that I realised I could be suffering from some kind of 'condition'. Still never told a soul. Perhaps I should have done. Have always been 'highly strung' as they used to say. You are not alone that is for sure. 🙂x

[ciley in reply to Nora-B]

aha yes HIGHLY STRUNG god damnit

[hardworker190 in reply to Nora-B]

How do you feel now ?

[Nora-B in reply to hardworker190]

Sorry for late reply. Have been struggling a bit. Feeling wobbly and a bit dizzy. A bit like a zombie st times. I hate it. Don't know how much is anxiety, how much is due to neck tension or whether it has to do with circulatory issues. Had an appointment a year ago with vascular specialist. Follow up appointment in May was cancelled due to Covid. l have appointment today to see the nurse at Stoke Mandeville

Will see what she has to say. Keep safe all. We are fed so much panic via media.

[jleebow]

Oh yes! I stay that way alot these days. I suppose its a form of self preservation my sick brain switches to for survival.

[Sunhorn]

Oh yea 😏

[ciley]

yes~more or less like it now~its when something unexpected happens that is also bad~so i think shock is involved~and then you may try to change things and helpyourself, but for whatever reason ypu can't~its dreadful and you wonder how life got so bad, like you thought it was bad before, but actually it was bearable and this is not bearable? yes i have it ~and no one is helping, the profs are the worst as they are entirely clueless, this site helps as you find others in a similar plight~god bless

[Sallyderek]

Hi! Yes I get this feeling a lot, mainly if there’s more than one other person there. I always feel I’m on the outside looking in or sitting on a fence watching my life play out before me. It’s sort of like looking through opaque glass😏