feeling detatched and unreal

[deker28]

Im not quite sure what topic this comes under, but i have been feeling detatched and very spaced out for a while now, im ok when i first wake up but as soon as get to work i feel like everything is unreal,i cant focus on things or concentrate for long, and the more i think about it the worse it gets. At first it only happened when i was out in a supermarket or something, but then when it happened at work i had it every day, i dont feel like i can live my life properly, it is at its worse when i am out, the only time i sort of feel normal is when im at home watching t.v. i also feel like i have permanent pressure inside my head, and if i go upstairs or excert myself i get a throbbing in my head, i dont know if this is realated to my spaced out feeling because i have had the pressure for alot longer! my neck also cracks alot. im worried because i dont know if this is all part of the same thing, or whether im going mad. the only thing i can think that has caused it, is that i have done recreational drugs in the past mainly at weekends but not all the time. i havent done anything in weeks and i wont again. i just want to find out if the drugs have made me feel like this or is something probably wrong with me. please help !!! i feel like this spaced out feeling is never going to go away!!

[Jen8773]

I suffer from panic attacks and sometimes i feel like things are unreal and i zone...so to me this sounds like symptoms of a panic attack. If you keep feeling this way id see your doctor, and he/she will be able to help you. Try to take deep breathes and keep your mind off of it because thinking about it will only make it worst. Yes i no thats hard. Easier said than done right? To me this all sounds like anxiety of some form, and you will be okay. Take care let us no how you are doing. I will keep you in my prayers.

[highvoltagebaby]

Depersonalization Anxiety is just what the doctors tell you when they can't figure out anything wrong with you, it's bullcrap.  I'm sure that SOME people have an extreme form of depression or anxiety that causes you to feel all weird and detached but it sounds to me like you have the same symptoms and I do and they are tangible physical symptoms.  I had no problems with depression, anxiety, etc...these symptoms just popped up over night.  I have a hunch that it has something to do with the neck...maybe an injury or nerve damage, bad posture, who knows what.  My chiropractor says that I have a very sever rotation in my neck, and I believe that that is the source of all these symptoms, some kind of neck injury or trama that's caused damage to my upper spine.  Guess, we'll see what happens once everything in my neck gets straightened out and see what the Neurologist says on Mon.

[cj29]

I agree...losing our self identity is a direct result of going through this process.  That is one of the reasons why this is a cycle that is so tough to break out of.  Have you gotten this checked out by your doctor?  I always suggest going to them first and 99% of the time you will probably find that it is anxiety here with people on the forum.  Furthermore, please help yourself by talking this through with a professional; in my experience, you will be amazed by how much you can thrive with this and how it can make you a much more well rounded person...keep us posted!

[monkeybishop123]

Hey there, i too get that weird, unreal feeling, its so weird. I also feel as though i have a bubble of air pressre in my head, ear ache, jaw ache, stabbing pains, burning pains, my neck cracks and it makes my head pop..... the list is endless. Ive taken a lot of drugs too but im staying away from now on. Send me a msg if yo want to chat.
Hope you get better, try not to worry.

[snoozies43]

The drugs are not the cause of the problems you have mentioned. They are out of your system by now...Kudos 2 you! not taking the drugs is a positive step.

What you most likey are experiencing is however one of the symptoms of anxiety. "Depersonalization Anxiety"

Commonly found in anxiety disorder sufferers, but especially those with panic attacks, is a symptom-induced experience, where a patient feels they are “unreal”, like they no longer exist as a person. They may even feel they have become invisible and that others around them are real but they are not. Some patients describe it as feeling like being a robot and no longer like a human being. Patients have described episodes for example, of looking at their own hand, in front of their face and wondering if it is really there. Patients will also describe experiences of looking into a mirror and actually feeling as if they do not recognize them selves and they feel as if they are having some type of identity crisis. Obviously, these are very scary and very unpleasant experiences for anxiety patients and ones they certainly do not want to continue or reoccur.

These episodes of depersonalization are reported by some anxiety disorder sufferers, to happen immediately preceding the onset of a panic attack or with other severe anxiety symptoms, while others experience depersonalization during an attack of severe anxiety or panic symptoms. Once the depersonalization symptom is experienced by some anxiety suffers, they report that it will occur more frequently and will be triggered more easily, even with less severe anxiety symptoms.

Best is to follow up with a doctor and explain what is happening. "There is Hope for you" :O)