I feel like I'm not here

hi im 17... i use to smoke alot of weed during my early grades... and ive noticed ive been loosin alot of connections throught my life but i assumed that was just teh weed, so i laid ti off .. and still i feel this feeling where im not there, i always thought i was crazy... i have constant migrains and i feel very stressed all the time.. i fucked up 2 relationships that i thought would work until my mind went off track and id act like sum1 im not and not only till i hit rock bottom would i see what ive dont wrong... even infront of firends sumtimes id loose track of time and eveyrthing and be in my own daydream, its been like this for a couple years now and i try very hard to ignore it... 1 thing that i finds that works is to always be social, when im alone for at least 5 minutes my mind wanders... and it seems here that a bunch of us have the same symtoms and i feel comppasion for you all because i hate this feeling... makes me feel like im worthelss, im one of teh popular guys at school and it realy fcuks with u i get these days when id be talkin and would just smiel nod and awkwardly walk away.. and id be nervous all day... i also had another assumption, i always thought i was smarter then every1 because i think very logicaly and im much brither then the smarter kids in my school, so i kinda jus accepted it as the price for bein smart... but i dont do good in school cuz i dont do hmw... i aint gunna lie im a mess, im no doctor but i recomend a vaction i thin that would do me good

I'm so glad i'm not the only one. im 17, female and have had this problem for 3 years now. its like i'm permenantly daydreaming. we should try and work this out! its like im stuck in my head, trapped.

yeah it's normal... I had this feeling before and i can confirm that 2 of my friend aswell have had that it's like if your dreaming & you don't see connected to your senses a little bit like if you were stoned but didn'T take nothing Happens to me once in a while..... I think you can relate that to anxiety someday your body needs to shut off with all those information he miss understands stuff but it ain't dangerous..

Hello, Just as everyone else, im feeling this whole "out of body" nonsense, and deary me, its really gotten too me lately. Today for example, i was fine when i woke up, but once i got into the shoppin centre, its like i jumped outta my own skin, and my body was on auto pilet. I couldnt make conversation with my parents, nor with my sister and this caused more stress which only made the problem worse, I dunno, i reckon it could be anxiety. like i have very little sleeps and have a lot of shit on my mind. But its definatly not a good thing to be going through, as any of you can undestand. :/

Hi, My newly turned 15 yo son contracted mononucleosis last January. He experienced many bizarre symptoms, though the worst one and the one that doesn't seem to get any better is the "dream-like" state you all describe. He has had a CAT scan, EEG, extensive bloodwork and seen specialists. They are all convinced it's the mono virus. My son is not convinced. He has lost sense of time and at times asks me to recollect the previous day for him. He feels a disconnect to his best friends and familiar places and events. He is angry about his situation and is fearful he will never feel "right". The dream state seems to get worst after soccer practice or intense exercise. It's there all the time....just sometimes, more intense. He says time feels like it's speeding by him. Have any of you experienced your symptoms after mono or another virus. This is such a mystery and i feel so helpless for him as his mom....any feedback is greatly appreciated.

Hi all I know the feeling i have been told by a doctor that i have depression but im not fully convinced that's it, i feel as though my body is here but im not here in the head and slowly am starting to feel im the only one like this and feel as though im going insane. i am 17 but 18 in 3 weeks i am female and also have a implant in my arm known as birth control or implanon. i have also tried eating a full on healthy diet, exercise more then i normal do but yet still feel the same. i am going to be seeing a psychiatrists soon hoping and wishing they have a answer for me as im starting to loose touch and control of my body. hope someone has answers for me as i wanna be happy and live lifes to its fullest, its also destroying my relationship with the man i love. %-)

The feeling IS normal but if you have it repeatedly on a continual basis it is actually a mental health issue known as dysphoric disorder and it's best to see a doctor. Do you have these repeatedly?

hello all, its sounds like you are all describing depersonalisation, i my self sort of have the same thing, i once had a thought come in to my head about wether the world around me is real etc and wether every thing might revolve around me and it scares the shit outa me because i will never know and i think to my self why am i thinking stupid things like this but it jsut wont go away, if anything the thought just gets more in depth, am i going mad?? what is this???

hey man i feel the same way. i feel like im loosing it! i look at stuff around me and it all looks fake to me its like im dreaming 24/7 i don't do drugs or drink im extremely active and im good at everyhting i do im 16 male i have had panic attacka and anexiety because im confused and scared thats theres something wrong with me. i know im not depressed becuase i laugh t much. this all started my freshman yar and im now a junior and it seems to be getting worse i just want to start living my life!! i can't remember things from the past and i often think i have dementia or alzhiemers but i know thats not the case becuase i wouldn't be typing this. i have a few questions for all the people who have posted to your question did any of you have a back injury? do you have cavities? in your teeth im desperate to linking things that may have started this. i fractured my back and thats when it seemed like this has all started and i have a cavity and i wonder if my body has an overload of bacteria in it idk i just want answers! thanks for listening

has anyone found a cure for this because i have it too and it is the worst experience ever.

Hi there, I don't think that a acure has been discovered but it's possible that you could get treatment for it. Have you spoken to a therapist about this?

I have this its like your dreaming and when i think am i raily here it makes it worse im 14 and its very strange.like when its dark aswel it makes it worse and you not fully aware of what you are doing

I do this too. Sometimes it helps just to get through a day-but I get into trouble for it-as I am not fully focused. I do it to escape-so that people can leave me alone...but when I do it, I dont try and do it deliberately, it just happens-but usually, i dont mind it-its not simething I want to go away, its something I enjoy-it totally irrational to enjoy feelings of not being in control and the rest but heyI feel that way anyway.

I've had similar feelings for years! I thought nothing of it when I was younger, at school sometimes it's as if my mind just zoned out and looked around me and thought "wow, is this really happening?" and I'd get all freaked out by it! No one else seemed to understand when I mentioned it! I came across this post as I've just started getting it again, I suddenly felt very confused the other day, and ever since I have felt like i'm 'not really here' I feel a huge sense of fear and confusion and a bit of panic and I don't know why! This morning I woke up shaking and my heart has been beating quite fast on and off.. I've had a stressful few weeks, so it might be linked to that, although I don't feel stressed or worried..

Hi there, the best thing that you should do is the reality check test: that means you go through sight, sound, taste, feel, and smell. Just ask yourself what's going on outside your body. I did that for awhile and the dysphoric episodes stopped happening as much. What do you think?