I been having a problem with derealization. And I have read a lot of about other people with this problem. I think we need more support about this part of anxiety.

I agree! I suffer from this really bad. I keep thinking I am losing my mind.

I am suffering badly from this as well. I know who I am supposed to be, but I move like a robot and it is very scary. I wake up and hope I will feel real again.

I have this too really bad I always question what is real or not sometimes i believe i am going to lose touch of reality but never happens it really stinks but i know it does away we should have a topic about this it would help a lot

OK eileenmatt, here goes,

Derealization? I'm not sure I know what that means but it brings to mind a clinical term i have heard, from my Oxford dictionary, "psychosis: severe mental derangement with loss of contact with reality".

It's not that severe, is it helenmelon?

As a younger man I spent good money trying to reach derealization.

Two cents from apennyless man, src

"We have nothing to fear but fear itself" Winston Churchill

I think this is one of the hardest parts of the anxiety...feeling detached and everything around me seems unreal. I've been fighting to stay in the NOW all week so I won't get that crappy feeling again.

I have it too. I can pretty much deal with all the other symptoms of Anxiety (okay I cant on my own. I know God is in control) but it's this symptom that really is hard to deal with. It feels as though I am wearing a hat that is two sizes too small with a touch of vertigo and a sense of being waayyy to aware of things and driving with it is really hard. Same symptoms anyone?????

Yes ihave those thing too. But I have noticed the less I pay attention( I know easier said then done) and the more I sleep and relax the more they don't bother me and I can handle them I had this before years ago it goes away it just takes time you will feel "real" again and not so aware of everything

Hey DZ,

Your discription of your symptoms were almost exactly what I feel sometimes, I also get tension & my neck & shoulders. I saw An ENT doctor because I always thought I was haveing sinus problems, but come to find out it was Tension Headaches. He asked me if it felt as if I had a band wrap around my head, and someone was squeezing it and if I head neck & shoulder pain for no reason. I said yes, he told me after ruling out my sinus, he thuoght it was tension Headaches.

I also can relate to that feeling of being aware of things as well.

Debbie,

I too thought it was a chronic tension headache but the ibuprophen and tylenol don't work. I pretty much had to do all the researching myself and came to the conclusion that it's one of the anxiety symptoms because at times it's like I'm totally spaced out, my mental clarity is shot, don't feel like moving a muscle and scared of that feeling. It's so hard to describe this type of headache because there is no pain, no throbbing just a squeezing feeling with alot of spaceiness.. so I thought for sure when I saw the topic "derealization" I knew that was the feelings I had. Anyone else???

i feel unreal alot lately. especially when i take lorazepam ( an anxiety drug that helps you sleep) i dont sleep well at all so i feel that way alot. it freaks me out. i hate it. im thinking its the anti-depressants side effect. im glad ,though, that i am not the only one who feels this way.

Wow. I suffer from the same horrid thing. Its the worst feeling and its scary. I get sort of a numbness in my arms and legs and my throat constricts and its so awful. I'd like to see more about this subject as well.

Any tips on how to 'snap out of it' when derealization takes over?

This also is a daily fight for me... I don't know what is better being on a med or off...I took paxil for four months and I was like a zombie with no thoughts or emotions... I went off two months ago and experience derealization daily. Does it ever end on it's own?? It sounds like most people do really well on the meds..anybody have my reaction??

Hi I'm new, but the best way to beat it is ignore it. I have it now and have had it one other time about 3 yrs ago. I was overweight my doc told me to lose weight, I did it went away. So based off that, you just can't think about it....The funny thing is, you know it's not real, you know you are really there, so why feed it and tell yourself I feel like this blah, blah, blah....I know it sux eggs, but like I said I'm going through it 2. Imagine if you tell yourself it isn't real, just as long as your'e telling yourself it is, it wouldv'e been gone by now. Be lucky you can still drive...It's making me have probs with that....But like I said it will definitely go away. I think all this stuff we are going through is because we don't feel good about ourselves in 1 particular area. As for me I'm a big guy, (not fat) just a big guy, so i fret about that, and because of that look where I'm @....What do you guys think?