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| Wed, 07-12-2006 - 10:33am |
does anyone else experience this? I have feelings of "unreality" where nothing quite feels solid or real.. and then, when looking at people i KNOW AND LOVE... all of a sudden.. its like im looking at a familiar stranger, but i know them! its scaring me. its been happening with my boyfriend, and im trying to tell myself.. this is the man you love. we have been together for two years. you KNOW him . quit being scared. yesterday, the same thing happened with my MOM.. I know who they are, I know who i am, but it feels very insecure. the same thing happened on july 4th with my brother as well. i really was looking at him and was thinking to myself.. man, hes gotten older! he has gray hair! and then that feeling hit me.. am i just losing it? it makes me panic.. feeling like i need to hide away because no one feels close right now.

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very scary and I have felt that way and know many others with
panic disorder that feel this. My feelings like this- disassociation
do not come very often anymore! I AM GLAD ABOUT THAT!! The medication
and therapy have helped to keep my stress level down. When my sister
died 2 years ago it came back for a few days--- I knew what it was
and was not so upset as before!
Your brain is on overload and it is trying to get you to detach from stress!
This is what I have read and been told.
Are you seeing a doctor for anxiety? are you taking medication?
If not I would suggest you talk to your doctor about how you are feeling.
There are many medications that can help you!
I KNOW it is scary but it can be stopped!!
Try to find something that you can do that relaxes you
or something physical that will distract you for awhile each day!
It will give your mind a rest!!
If you want to email me please feel free to!!
Eikooc742@aol.com YOU ARE NOT ALONE!! Judy
That happens to me when my anxiety is at its highest point.
Sheri Ann
Thank you so much. I really do hope to feel better soon! im going to start therapy today, :) and I have a pschiatrist appt on the 20th to get full evaluation and his thoughts on meds. I have a fear of meds.. of course.. lol.. but am willing to do WHATEVER it takes to be better. even tho lately, with all these symptoms and the derealization, its hard to grasp that this will go away. what a mess. :) thank you for being here. it does help to knw im not alone with this. that i will wake up soon and see things in a better light. my family practitioner diagnosed me with panic dis, anxiety and mild depression. but she admitted she doesnt know enough about the disorders to do anything more than just start trying meds. I requested the pyschiatrist eval. and therapy. I want to know exactly what im medicating and how i can help to make it work.
you all are a great breath of air for me. my prayers are with all of you as well and i can see how this group of friends help eachother!
thanks :)
Don't forget we have chat tonight, come by if you can!
Hugs,
Sheri Ann
Sheri Ann
can you send me the link and time frame for chat. I would love to join. my boy friend and I are going to another couples house for dinner this evening.. im super nervous that I wont feel good.. today i'm feeling ok! but I start to search for symptoms or reliving the bad days and thinking how bad they felt..and you know where that ends up! isnt that silly! im reminding myself, if i get to the panic point .. i can take a xanax.. my bf will help me take it, since i get scared to do it by myself.
:)smiling at the moment!!! :)
I'm so glad I found this - I was freaking out. I kept having those feelings like I am suddenly looking at my husband thinking he is not real or that my dogs are not real. It is like if someone asked me at that moment who they were I could certainly answer so I keep telling myself that alone means I am not nuts but that feeling is CREEPY. It was like I was overanalyzing everyone and everything around me and NONE of it felt real. I thought surely something was badly wrong with my brain. Like something more than anxiety. I noticed I got very depressed too. Then lately I started doing it to myself!! Like I will think who am I and am I real and am I really doing what I am doing and is this really me that is thinking? Man, that freaked me out even more. Do you have that happen too? I feel like such a weirdo. I talk to my husband about it and even while I am talking I am thinking about it and feeling it. I have OCD pretty bad when it comes to intrusive thoughts so I think that is playing into this. What do you think?
-Kim
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