i dont feel like myself for some reason

[Perry]

alright this started a couple weeks ago and has nothing to do with the election, so please dont mention it

For the past couple of weeks i've been feeling a little off, its kinda hard to describe it. I don't mean to be cringy, but im literally 'crawling in my skin.' I've felt super uncomfortable for some reason, like i would be sitting still and i'd suddenly feel tingling all over my body. Like it wouldn't even feel itchy or ants or anything, i'd just feel a little odd. Whenever someone touches me now I literally jump out of my seat and its been scaring people around me. I'm 6 foot 200 pounds so im technically a big guy but I always feel so small and tiny compared to other people. its so loving weird and I dont even understand it. I feel like i'm not even in my body at times, and sometimes when I walk i'll feel every muscle movement all over my body as if i'm controlling it like a pilot but it doesn't feel connected to me.
 
I've tried talking to a doctor about it but she said im just stressed out about college apps and stuff. I've also been diagnosed with mild anxiety disorder in the past, but its never been this bad. i don't know what to do and its starting to forget with my mood now

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[Khaz]

try and get some more sleep and do things you like to get your mind off it. keep visiting the doctor incase the problem persists

[Perry]

try and get some more sleep and do things you like to get your mind off it. keep visiting the doctor incase the problem persists

i dont get enough sleep because i have a lot of school stuff to finish up before I graduate. i've been trying to go to sleep earlier but I often have things to do. the doctor wants to put me on some type of adderall drug or some stuff that's intended for kids with autism or severe avoidance syndrome, stuff I don't actually have. I really don't want to take perscription drugs because im afraid it will forget me up or change my personality. i'm a little scared of the options

[Zloff]

read up on the positive and negative effects of the drug. if you don't think you need it, don't take it. i personally don't think you need adderall. i recently went through something like you are now-- the skin crawling, jumpiness, muscle movements, all of it. i just told my friends i need time and space alone, then spent most of my free time thinking about abstract things and philosophical crap, taking long walks/board or car rides, sitting in a corner and just zoning out lol etc. and i was fine after a couple months

[Ravencroft·]

Have you taken some or sort of psychoactive drug (LSD, shrooms) recently and/or are a regular marijuana smoker?

[Perry]

Have you taken some or sort of psychoactive drug (LSD, shrooms) recently and/or are a regular marijuana smoker?

I haven't touched weed for 2 years, and I wasn't a big smoker back then anyways

[rambo1220]

Depersonalization/Derealization is what you're experiencing here.

Currently I've had the former for the past two and a half years now due to my cannabis smoking, but for you, you haven't touched it in quite a while, so the only thing I can see that's causing this is stress. Usually Depersonalization is triggered by drinking, smoking (whether it be cigs or tree), or any drug entering your body, it's when there's a chemical imbalance in your brain from said drugs and your brain is trying to process it but can't really, which in turn causes this effect (in the context of drugs).

Now in general, this can be caused by eating worse, being stressed out, anxiety, not enough sleep, a number of those things really. I recommend reading up on it and seeing if it matches the description of what you're feeling.

Onto that, what exactly does it feel like? Does it feel like you're in a dream sorta? Like you're just an observer in your body?

[Perry]

Onto that, what exactly does it feel like? Does it feel like you're in a dream sorta? Like you're just an observer in your body?

It feels like all my thoughts are mine but my body isn't mine or i'm just watching it move. I feel so disconnected from my own physical movements and feelings

[rambo1220]

It feels like all my thoughts are mine but my body isn't mine or i'm just watching it move. I feel so disconnected from my own physical movements and feelings

yep, sounds a lot like it, trust me, go read up on it, a ton of people including myself have to deal with this bullstuff.

If you want to help it be rid of then things like having a better diet, exercising more, even meditating can help, I've been eating a whole lot better recently and it's still here but not as prominent.

[The Resonte!]

exorcise yourself to stop being possessed



take off the vr headset



wake up

[Buzzwaker!]

you might be pregnant, stuff happens

[Refticus]

take off the vr headset



wake up

but if he takes the vr headset off and wakes up we won't exist anymore

[Buzzwaker!]

but if he takes the vr headset off and wakes up we won't exist anymore

i tried a vr once, i was on it for 4 hours, when you take it off its like the world isn't real anymore

[Steve5451²]

I was on an anti anxiety medication that made me feel exactly the same way.

[Buzzwaker!]

I was on an anti anxiety medication that made me feel exactly the same way.

if he was on medication he wouldn't of made this thread, 80% of the time if you act weird and you're on medication, its the medication, hes not on meds