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does anyone have a feeling of 'unreality'

biddy1
biddy1
Does anyone else ever have feelings of 'unreality', like looking around you and feeling totally detatched from the world and everyone else in it? I also feel as if i think to much about everything including the usual question of what the hell is the point of us being here, morbid i know but i cant help it. A lot of the time it really depresses me and i think what the hell is the point in going on, living seems like such a chore, but the paradox is that i am terrified of dying! go figure!! any help would be a joy.
deleted_user
deleted_user
i feel like this aolt of the time i am always like whatis thepoint but like u i am terffied of death toooo!
biddy1
biddy1
Thank god, was begining to feel daft. everyone i have asked before have always had that sort of look in their eye like 'weirdo' which is not helpful at all. Ta much bud x
deleted_user
deleted_user
I was like that for what seemed like a really long time. Reality is coming back now and some days I'm glad. Other days I want to go hide under the covers because it's all too real. About the dying part. I'm ready when it's my time. Until then I don't want to do anything that will cause more of a struggle.
biddy1
biddy1
my unreality feelings are to scary and i havnt been able to find a way to overcome them so if you have any tips they would be very much appreciated
deleted_user
deleted_user
I feel the same way. I'm not really terrified of dying but I don't think that I can do it myself. I have no idea why I'm here, and my life has been a drug since the childhood, and most of the time I feel miserable.
deleted_user
deleted_user
i totally understand your feeling i used to feel that way especially after i wake up its all a part of anxiety my doc prescibed me klonopin and it has helped with it
hang in there it will be ok
deleted_user
deleted_user
Certainly one of the worst symptoms of anxiety, tho I don't get it alot, whew...i know that i always try to avoid mirrors when i feel the unreal sensations.
I like to keep busy helping others and that gives me reason to "be". BUT, eventually, I get tired of always being there for everyone, when no one seems understands what I am going thru. It's a vicious circle...the same thing that makes me feel good also makes me depressed.
deleted_user
deleted_user
one thing I used to feel was everyone aroung me was playing a joke on me and the world was not even real, just me.
deleted_user
deleted_user
As difficult as this may sound... facing the fears, letting them 'do their worst', took the 'sting' out of them. I'd get the same sensations and more... a temporary feeling of not knowing who i am, actually spent the time 'talking myself back down' from that. Before the Matrix series, I'd sometimes feel like that; life is a kind of dream, we're not really here, etc. As your anxiety levels lower, so do these and other sensations. Let your doctor know what you're enduring. You are not alone!
biddy1
biddy1
Thanks everyone for your support, just knowing people understand and have had this experience themselves helps.
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