Comments on: Feelings of Unreality

By: luis

luis — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:42:03 +0000

saludos a todos miren ami tambien me vienes esos sintomas de irrealidad pero la verdad es que me pongo bastante nervioso cuando los tengo es como si estuviera en un sueño en el que no puedo despertar logo me vienen pensamientos muy extraños de si me estare volviendo loco o tengo esquizofrenia o cosas asi pensamientos muy raros que rondan por mi cabeza a todas horas del dia la verdad k lo estoi pasando muy mal. Me a aliviado muxo saber que no soi la unica persona que los padece y saber que tiene cura lo unico que tienes que acer es saber afrontar A vivir con ellos pero la verda es que es muy dificil acerlo nose yo no pierdo la esperanza de que con el tiempo todo volvera a la normalidad y sera el mismo chico de antes con esa ilusion porque esta sensacion te deja como que no quieras hablar con nadie nose es raro pero espero que todos nosotros nos pongamos bien y podamos retomar la vida que antes teniamos !! ANIMO A TODOS QUE ESTO SE CURA!!!!

By: sherry black

sherry black — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:00:32 +0000

i have these nasty feelings of unreality. need help and support cuz they are not going away

By: CFH

CFH — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 01:19:52 +0000

I am diagnosed with Bipolar I Disorder (with Mixed States). I have dealt with BPD since my early 20′s, but it has gotten much worse (with
the symptoms being much more externalized, ie. uncontrolled and noticable by others) during the past 10 years – I am now 62. One interesting thing is that with my worsening BPD I have experienced many of the more common psycho-neurotic symptoms: Agoraphobia, feelings of unreality, panic, paranoia, etc., etc.

I googled this website, because I was curious about how common “feelings of unreality” are and who tends to get them.

Thanks for all your posts.

I agree with those above who say: they are just symptoms and something to be endured until they pass.

Recovery Inc. (an organization started in the 1930′s by Dr. Abraham A. Low for “Psycho-Neurotic and former Mental Patients”) has meetings were patients (trained in Recovery Inc. techniques) provide each other with “spots” like: “feelings rise and fall and run their course, if you do not attach danger to them”, “nervous symptoms are distressing but not dangerous”, “feelings are not facts, thoughts are not truths”, etc. [I hope I am not misquoting these Spots too much…there were many Recovery Inc. meetings in New England, but almost none in the Pacific Northwest where I now live, so I have not been to a Recovery meeting in many years.

Here’s A Personal Editorial Note: EA, Emotions Anonymous, meetings are more prevalent, but I have just not found the 12-step approach as helpful for mental illness as the Recovery Inc. meetings and Dr. Low’s “Mental Health Through Will Training” were (IMHO). By the way NA and AA (both 12-step programs) are GREAT and really work…eg. my wife has been in AA for over 35 year, remaining sober and improving emotionally the entire time. -CFH

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 19:47:23 +0000

Also the only medications I’ve ever taken were for ADHD

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 19:46:24 +0000

Hi my name is Jimmy and I’m suffering this feelings. For me on my daily basis I have just accepted them and dealt with it. I was afraid I was suffering from dementia or something worse but this site has helped me realize it was simply my anxiety. I often feel like in a video game or something like that and I feel like sometimes I have no control over my thoughts like I’m in a dream. I do have ADHD and depression but my depression has passed. I dont really have any worries as my life has turned for the best for me and I am happier than ever and more positive and self confident than I have ever been. I did just enlist in the Air Force and have been awaiting boot camp but I’m mostly excited for that but could that be one of the causes of these feelings? Am I crazy? Any advice to help?