derealization/depersonalization anyone?

I get that and it feels like I'm in a dream state. Concentration is not possible when I am going through this. I feel real numb and my vision gets kind of blurry. I'm sure you will get other responses with other symptoms but I hope this helps a little.

Hi Abbie .yes I have had it yrs ago and vaguely recall feeling outside of my self,and not really wanting any awareness of what was going on I dont know if this is what you mean ..along with other things but I am not remembering to well what they were ..

sorry I do know there are others that have spoken about this just lately so hope they will come aboard and help you out

...Sorry I was not more help to you .

God Bless and Be well.........Lyn

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hey this part of anxiety is the most intense and scariest but it will pass i felt like i was out of my body like lookinat myself also blurred vision wicked deja vu and everyone seemed like strangers but it passes good luck try not to dwell on it

yeah .. it's worse under flourescent lights lol but i can't get away from it because that's all there is at school .. lol :( it only happens once in a while though, so that's good. :) thanks for your help .

hello everyone, I think that I experience this. Im not really sure though, sometimes I feel kinda spacey and it freaks me out and I feel like Im going to pass out or something, is that what this feels like? and sometimes when Im in  the store I feel that way I think it may be the light cause I feel like my eyes are really sensitive to them and I feel like if the lights were dimmed or something I wouldnt feel that way??? what causes that anyways?

Strange... I started feeling this when I was 12 years old and thought I was going crazy and everything seemed surreal.

Now I've been suffering with this feeling for over 8 years on and off.

I wish the feeling would go away.

Last night I was driving and I was staring up at the trees and everything in the world felt so fake and then I started panicking while driving and just tried to "snap out of it".

I hate the sensation of it. I stare at myself in the mirror and feel like I don't know who I am at times.

When I was younger I couldn't even look in a mirror because it didn't feel like me at all. I felt so out of body, like I was staring at a stranger.

Twiggygal~

I used to feel like that when I was going through some traumatic experiences when I was young. I felt like everything was a dream. I felt dazed and dizzy and felt like I could wake up at any moment. Sometimes, I even thought to myself....omg, what is going on here? why is this happening to me? I also loose the sensation and feel so distant from everythign around me.
Now I experience this when I have panic attacks.

I too sometimes get theat feeling of spaced out and not "with it "
I dont really know if all A/P sufferers go thru this but would not surprise me at all

Puppylove
Welcome to HW I am so happy that you found us here and that you are able to now see you are no longer alone with this
post often and feel the support caring and emapathy here on he forum

There is never judgement here only acceptance and understanding .......lyn

hey guys. Ive been having derealization since this past summer now, and I'm really annoyed. i have it every single day at every time. Is so weird. I feel as if I'm dreaming, also, I see like lines, and I sometimes feel dizzy, is reLLY bothering me, it's just like I'm not there. Ahhh I hate it, Well please asnwer me this: do ure feelings keep going on all day long? " I have better days than others, but I'm always derealized. please help!

hi everyone..ive been suffering these symtoms for 5months now...altho it origonally started when i was a 12yr old kid..it started with an overwhelming (attack) of sorts...it just hit me..out of the blue..i felt asthough i was dreaming ..or daydreaming..and that nothing around me was really happening...asthough i was imagining it..and my short-term memory was all over the place,the initial attack was very strong..and altho these effects faded slightly once id been to sleep..i found that when i woke..the feeling hadnt fully gone..asthough i was still somewhat in a dream ,anyway eventually(after about 2 years) the strong attacks stopped and this feeling went away.but 5months ago( im now 21 yrs old) i had another really strong attack and its all flared up again..the same odd feeling of ''constantly beeing in a dream state'' and it hasnt faded at all...infact its feeling much worse lately. its a hard feeling to describe..but the best description i can think of is that ''its like that feeling when youve drank too much booze..and your short-term memory is very foggy/patchy..you could have a conversation with someone for an hour..but when you walk away..you only have a vague recolection of the things you did and said,or you can remember what you did and said...but it feels like it was days/weeks even months ago..'' also its the same dream-state feeling '' like your dreaming and could wake up at any moment,i feel although im in a constant dreamstate that i cant wake up from..even going outside on my own scares me..as i feel that id panic and if i went somewhere..id suffer a memory-lapse and not remember how i got there,the memory lapses(when i foget where i am/what i did 5minutes ago) can sometimes trigger a harsh attack(basically the symptoms i described increase 10fold and i have to sleep it off) if i have a memory lapse..and dwell on it..or panic..this often triggers a harsh attack....anyways im currently seeking a full diagnosis but my doctor is sure that its something like derealization thats been trigerd by depression,ansiety and stress. i hope this is of some use to people that are feeling similar symtoms and id also like to know if this all makes any scence to anyone?? does anyone else have these bizzare symptoms?? please let me know if any of you suffer these horrible effects..and if they are symptoms of derealization.,i hope all this muddled info is of use to someone..thankyou..

hey there abbie. personally i think you should read some info on this site http://groups.msn.com/depersonalizationchatroom/_homepage.msnw?pgmarket=en-us  . it will you give you a better understanding of D/P. ive read alot of posts in the past of people trying to exlain depersonaliztion on this site, and truthfully if i didnt know before hand that i had D/P , i would never thought i had ever had D/P after reading some of these posts. some people just dont know and understand what D/P, really is.

For anyone who needs information on this...the following site is great.


http://www.dpselfhelp.com


I have been experiencing this for about 4 months non-stop now. I am having a tough time with it, as well. However, it does get better at times so I'm confident I can either beat it or control it at some point.

Everyone keep their head up!!


Jamie