I feel like I'm not here

i know exactly what your going through, i know if it gets to hard for me or i can't take it anymore, i go outside and just breath try to feel, see ,touch everything around you. it sounds weird but what gets me through is that life goes on, the world is not going to stop if you have a panic attack, you are here and you count.

I am a 36yo male. I have a very recent episode to contribute to the data here. This is my first time feeling completely high on weed, without actually being high. Under normal circumstances, I should be super happy about it, however, the event is too weird to enjoy. I'm hoping this ends up being a super power where I can get high on the spot without smoking; What do you think of my super power names? HighMan, Hi, Man, Hymen, HeyMon ? J/K. In all seriousness, I have been under a lot of stress lately with work (sales pressure and travelling), family, getting engaged, becoming an uncle. It's not really bad stuff, however it is heavy and happening simultaneously. Based on my situation, I'm pretty certain that this is stress related as I literally watched it unfold. Alternatively, my family has a pretty good history of depression, with bipolar tendencies. I could always tell that I had signs of it, however, I've been able to keep it in check pretty good. I hope this is not the cause of it.  Only other thing I can think of is that I was somehow drugged. In which case, I will be sober in a few hours and this whole thing will be over. Somehow, I don't think this is the case. I'm clearing up my personal situation and removing the factors that could be causing it. If/when it works, I will update the comments here. For now, I'm going to just try and enjoy it like I'm Bob Marley. One Love!    

man, i swear the same happens to me. not the other drugs, just weed. i see things sometimes, and it feels like i am sitting behind my eyes just watching a movie. but eventually the feelings went away, but now they are back. an indica strain of pot helped me a lot, like the next morning things looked real again. i just got tired of worrying about it. i wish i would have never smoked. i cant seem to find a way to think things are normal. like i KNOW that this is how i SHOULD feel, but i DON'T at all. due to my interest in psychology, i believe that this is just depersonalization, which can be treated by a psychologist. but since these feelings will once again leave, i am not worried. just stay away from drugs.

Same here. happens every single day. same age and everything. we are the same friend.

hi i'm 16 and i just started having this feeling recently. i feel like i'm in a dream, but i also have this feeling where my mind isnt really here.. like i can do something and 10 minutes later ill feel like i didnt even do it. like my mind wasnt there when i did it. i feel like times going by so fast. does anyone else feel like that? i feel like my memory is getting worse but i dont know. i have severe anxiety and i also have depression. i take zoloft and seroquel but i dont know if that has anything to do with the feelings im having. i'm gonna ask my therapist on wednesday and see what she thinks. it's really creeping me out and makes me want to die. i dont feel like myself and its just all so sudden..

Ok. Quick update... so my parents were in town during my episode. It turns out that my dad's fried rice had pepper corn from my cabinet.I keep my weed in the pepper corn bottle. Hence, my dad actually used my weed thinking it was pepper! I'm all better now. I wish you all luck figuring it out.

hey how are u? i been experiecing the same thing..it started in HS off n on especially when im under pressure..it only lasted for a fre 2hrs and i fell asleep but now im in college about graduate and its happening and yhis time it lasting for 3days..im scared out of mind..im doing stuff and i know iam but feels like im not here..im tryin ro remain calm but i cant everytime i realize im not i get up set evenmore..2 days ago i got sent to health care on camp bc how i was feeling..didnt find nothing but did check n saw i was dehydrated,sayin i was depressed,battling with severe anxiety and insomia..im just scared right now..im feeling it as i am typing....

Hey, I know you posted this ages ago but I just wanted to know if this feeling you had left? Did you see doctors? I was diagnosed with TLE last year, but it is not bad at all until the last time I had it. The symptoms would normally fully leave after like 5-7 days and I would then be back to 100%. They have put me on lamictin and even though I don't feel like I have been having seizures I have the EXACT feeling that you are describing. Like as much as I can pretty much function normally when needed, I just feel like I am not participating in my own life and when I look at the things I have done in my days I have no emotions attached to them and don't really get excited for the future as it all just seems kinda like a dream. I know everyone battles to explain it- but did anyone get any answers? The epilepsy drugs aren't taking this feeling away, and while they thought it was anxiety, I took those pills and I guess they made me chill a bit more, but never took this feeling away. Hope you got help! Are you better now?

Found this post looking up this! I'm 17 female and have exactly the same thing. And no I have never done drugs. I get these times every year probably 6 but they can last for weeks. It feels as though I am in a bubble. I feel numb and is if I'm an outsider watching everything else going on around me. Like a dream. Am I going mad??

I'm 17 female and have exactly the same thing. And no I have never done drugs. I get these times every year probably 6 times but they can last for weeks. It feels as though I am in a bubble. I feel numb and is if I'm an outsider watching everything else going on around me. Like a dream. Its so frustrating because i font know how to control or stop it. Am I going mad??

I hav it too help

That's how I feel when I smoke weed. I know what you guys mean. I think its fun when I high but when I'm not its annoying and somewhat exhausting, ya know?

I'm honestly so glad you wrote this.... I'm not real sure how long ago you wrote this.... But I am 17 and I have been feel how ALL these kids have been feeling but the only difference is a few days ago I smoked some Crazy weed, and usually I don't smoke at all... But all my friends were like come one just do it this shit is great it's nothing like the shit we usually get! So I was like okay an I smoked it and totally tripped out and they said I stood there for twenty mins straight and didn't say a word not one thing but "chill I got this" but in my head I was running around and trapped in my own head trying to figure out gods preception of the universe why I'm here what is this it was all just so fucked up and I was just so scared I remember I thought I was going to be stuck in that trip for the rest of my life then I was thinking "why is everyone looking at me .... Why is everyone laughing ... What's wrong with me" then it moved to I thought I was dead... And then I finally thought okay "I'm high as shit snap the fuck out of this " and I saw my friends and I said "is this real life" and they go "yes calm down you are okay" and I just remember everything being back to normal... Then everyone just gave me shit for tripping out on normal weed ... But it's been 4 days since my trip and everytime I go to the bathroom an look at myself in the mirror I just see a stranger... And I just feel scared ... And when I try not to think about it I can snap out of it ... But sometimes it gets so bad I start thinking "why am I here? Who is god .... Who am I ? Do I even really know myself" and this all started after my trip.... And I just don't know what to do.... I just want to be okay again.... And I love my friends an I tried talking to them but they just laugh about it ... I have noone to talk to... Idk what's going on I feel trapped in my own mind right now...

Hi  I have felt like this too it's horrible I find it helps a bit by eating healthy food and drinking lots of water I went to the doctors about this but they said eat healthier and drink lots of water but if you don't feel better go back to the doctors and have a blood test!!!!  sorry that's all I can help you with !!!!! 

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