I feel like I'm not here

Hi I was just researching all the symptoms I've been having and I read all of your guys posts and majority of them are spot on to what I've been feeling. I only started getting them in the past month but its been coming pretty often. Im 18 and its always that dream state where I feel like im not really there. The only thing I can compare it to is feel in like im high when im not at all. I found something called depersonalization which they described it as a type of panic attack. Idk what it is but I'd love to find out.

Ib know this was a year ago but you have described how I feel exactly! I have problems with my ears (tinitus and a full feeling) and my eyesight has deteriorated these past years. I hope you have found stone peace and maybe even an answer to this. I'm scared I'll spend my life trying to figure it out. One thing I might not have taken into consideration is I spend a ridiculous amount of time on my computer.

That's the dumbest thing I read.

I'm fairly sure that what most everyone on this list is describing is derealization or depersonalization. I'm 54 and it hit me when i was 29. It lasted several months and scared the crap out of me and no one could tell me what it was. I'm having another major bout with it now and its still scary but at least I know what it is and that it cant hurt me. There is a great book called "Overcoming Depersonalization Disorder" by Fugen Neziroglu. google it! Hope this helps a little. just remember, you're not alone and it will eventually go away!

What you are experiencing is the phenomenon of Depersonalization/Derealization, where one feels detached from oneself and is viewing what is going on in a 3rd person view. But just do more research or you can email me ill explain it to you more. (Self Experience)

Im 19 and feel exactly the same way. It helps to know that i'm not the only one. I want to feel and take in moments but it seems i just can't.. no matter how hard i try and even when i concentrate really hard. I remember when i was younger everything was so vibrant and substantial, yet now i can be at the beach with my friends watching a beautiful sunset (like today) and not feel as though i am even there. I don't know if i am depressed or what, It would be really great to enjoy life like i used to.

I hadnt smoked weed for about 4 years. A few days ago i smoked alittle and noticed i just went imto a daze. I thought it would wear off in a day or two, but here i am about a week later and still stuck in it. I havent smoked again, im seriously regret ever smokimg that weed.

It's called derealizaitation, and I have it too man

you guys are high af dude! Are you overdosing dope!? hahaha

its all in your mind, you just believe that you are daydreaming, believe me i've been there. i've been smoking weed for a year and i've just recovered from that so called daze. listen to dizzy wright's song titled state of mind, you might learn something there. peace brothers! jah bless!

I had a really bad panic attack and depersonalization-derrealization experience when smoking weed 6 years ago (I haven't smoked ever since). It was the most frightening experience I ever had. I thought I had absolutely no control over me, everything felt like a dream, I thought I would never go back to my normal state (and I never did completely). For six years I've been seing different psychiatrists and finally two years ago, with an excellent psychiatrist, I went back to feeling normal. Unfortunately depersonalization is a disorder not well understood. But it is treatable and so is the chronic anxiety that comes with it. I'm currently taking prozac, quetiapine and lamotrigine. Prozac (and other SSRIs) are known to treat these rare case of feeling unreal and so is lamotrigine. Unlike medication such as benzodiazepines, their effect does not wear off with time. It takes some time to find out what works best for you, I'm really thankful how with the proper psychiatric care, I don't feel anxiety, I sleep well and the depersonalization/derrealization feeling has decreased significantly.

Don't let people invalidate the horrible experience of being depersonalized and anxious. Give it the proper attention and don't let it ruin your life. Those people who say it's all mental and transitory clearly have never had such extreme levels of depersonalization and anxiety nor are they well acquainted with how the brain works. If I would have given it the proper care, instead of listening to people treating my symptoms as trivial, I could have spared myself a lot of pain. There are solutions even to the worse mental distress.

I'm also experiencing this and it's just started to happen in the past 3-4 weeks but I'm only 14 and I have no idea what to do. I have no medical issues whatsoever. ;(

Dang that's horrible!

Omg I ge the same , thank god thought I was going mad