Vacations are so weird. I have a lot of trouble realizing that they are real life. I always feel like I put real life on hold and I'm just floating somewhere in a sort of alternate universe. Then when the vacation is over it feels like the whole thing never happened...like it was all just a dream. I don't know if this is normal or not. Sometimes I worry about my grip on reality. Sometimes I feel like life in like flipping between photographs. Nothing really ever connects. Every time I switch locations or activities its like I'm in a new picture. Like I just exist in different settings that don't really have anything to do with each other. Its hard to explain. I guess viewing life this way helps me keep my depression in check. Its hard to worry about the future or about fast events if time doesn't feel linear. I sound crazy....
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I\'ve had some days like that too. What is really weird is those days that feel like you have done that exact day before (dj vu). I feel like everything has been done exactly the same way or the events are happening in the same way.
What it sounds like is Depersonalization. (I copied this from a link)
Depersonalization is a symptom of an anxiety disorder and not a stand alone condition. How do we know this? Because depersonalization cannot exist without anxiety BUT anxiety can exist without depersonalization. Depersonalization is caused by a shift in the part of the brain that provides us with a \'real\' awareness of our environment; this part of the brain is directly linked to the Amygdala, the organ in the brain responsible for anxiety.
Here is the link.........it sounds like what is happening to you
http://www.panic-anxiety.com/depersonalization-derealization/
The program sounds like something you need.