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Thanks to all who replied. I feel some of the same exact things when it happens. Sometimes, i'll be sitting there talking to someone and wondering or thinking to myself is this really me talking or if im not talking to someone in the room, im wondering if they even know im in the room. Its hard to not dwell in the fact that its all in my head, and then i dwell on it and sometimes it gets worse. But seeing your replies and knowing that thats what it is, i think i'll be able to cope with it better, knowing that i'm not going crazy and it does happen to other people. Thanks Again
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My detached feeling would always come first, then I would panic. The only way I can describe it is to say - if I were sitting in a chair, it felt like my mind was sitting next to me - does that make any sense? I would sit and hold my head and cry because I thought my mind was never coming back. It was a very scary feeling for me. Then I'd panic, start to calm down, then the detached feeling would re-surface again. It was a vicious cycle. Thanks to good meds, I don't have them anymore - so you will get better too!! Take Care!
21 years ago 0 215 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
I've had similar feelings.. More of a dreamlike state, while driving...close to feeling hypnotized...I do little things to sort of break the cycle...look out my mirrors, fiddle with something.....and breathing. It all helps. I guess I just accept it as being part of the anxiety. It IS annoying, but not overwhelming. I mean, I'd rather it NOT be there to deal with, but since it is, I just get through it best I can and hope that it will eventually be gone. So, no, I'm sure you are not alone with these odd observations. Stay in touch!! :)
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Hi Tg, My feelings during an attack always felt like I was in slow motion (even though my thoughts were flooding and my heart was racing) and the rest of the world was speeding by me. Kinda like a VCR tape stuck on pause, with the rest of the world or surroundings on play or fast forward, that I couldnt connect to them, for it was going to fast. -that would be my detached feeling. My depersonalization feeling would have come after the attack and linger for days, this is not me, it doesnt feel like me, who am I?, what happened to me that I didnt see it when I lost me? Sometimes it got bad that I wondered if I had a multiple personality disorder, and was watching this other side of me appear but knew it wasnt me, hard to explain. Trish
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I have been suffering from panic/anxiety since i was 14, I am now 23 and the attacks seem to have gotten more frequent. I was wondering what others feel when they have these feelings of being detatched or depersonalized, or have feelings of unreality. I understand all of my other feelings and symptoms, but these are the ones i have trouble identifying. I'm pretty sure that they are panic related, because i only feel them when i'm anxious or in a panic state. Just wondering if anybody wanted to share how they feel. I think it will help knowing that others have these same problems and it wont bother me as much anymore.

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