hi,

There are times when I feel really out of touch with reality, I know and am aware of everything that is happening in my life and around me I just feel so far away and distant. I just feel like I'm floating around and I'm not really in the moment. I get really scared to feel that way because I really want to b apart of every social or family event without fear. I sometimes even feel strange being around my family because of this condition! Anybody have any inputs has anyone gone through this that can share any advice?


~Ask and you shall recieve.~

This too shall pass.
Best wishes,
Aaron

i feel the same way sometimes when I'm around my family. It will pass, it always does.

I no what you are going through I am going throuth the same thing all we can do is to no that is going to be ok and no someon else is going through it to so you are not alone honey

Dear ytez91-I know exactly how you feel. I always feel so different around the "normals". I feel detached and alone, and yes...envious too. I want to enjoy life like they do. But I then work on getting out of my own head and being in the moment and then the feelings eventually pass and I end up enjoying myself. This takes time and doesn't always work but things will get better and easier. Just give it time. I wish you well.

I was visiting family this past weekend and the whole weekend was a whirlwind but from the minute I got to my parents place I started to spin a bit. It's almost like you don't want them to know something is wrong because you feel so funny. You feel so different from them.
I usually take a minute or two just to myself to lay down and breath, talk positively to myself, say that i'm not different from them and the funny feeling will pass.
I can almost bet that this feeling occurs in the airport before my trip coming up at the end of this month. I'm going with 16 other people - very close friends and some family and I want nothing more than to be with them and experience things with them instead of drawing back and being terrified. If I think I can, then I can. If I let the negativity win, then I lose...simple as that. So I'm going to have a good time, even if I feel slightly spacey I plan to shrug it off!

Oh my gosh!!! I was reading these emails and had to comment. I went back to see my family for Thanksgiving. I had been doing so well for a few weeks. I got to my sisters house and sat on the bed and the anxiety and panic started. The rest of my family came the next day and the anxiety was there for most of the visit. That is what got me back into the program. I had done it about then years ago but did not give it my all. I think that I feel so less than when I am around my family because of the anxiety. I feel that I have to be "Normal" like them. I put the pressure on myself. I think the holidays are hard anyway then throw an anxiety disorder into the mix. I am going back again for Christmas and am hoping ot have a re-do of Thanksgiving. Thank you for bringing up the topic.

Thank you all. I just got started on the program this evening. It's good to see folks willing to support each other and not trying to make anyone here feel like a lame duck.