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This sounds similar to depersonalization episodes [0]. I used to have regular episodes myself, and they scared the hell out of me. It didn't help they lasted 10

This sounds similar to depersonalization episodes [0]. I used to have regular episodes myself, and they scared the hell out of me. It didn't help they lasted 10 days, but strangely enough never more and never less. The experience is indeed hard to describe, but the video game analogy clicks with me. I usually describe it as experiencing life in third person. [0] https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/depersonalization-disorder-mental-health#:~:text=Depersonalization%20disorder%20is%20marked%20by,like%20being%20in%20a%20dream https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/depersonalization-disord....

Xcelerate 4y ago
Depersonalization is really bizarre and unsettling. During the pandemic while working from home (and shortly after our first child was born), I started to get these periods of time where life didn’t “feel real”. A room in my apartment wasn’t a room; it was just an arbitrary box that my body was inside of. Things that had substance or meaning started seeming sort of “hollow”, and I felt like I was watching a movie about myself rather than experiencing it. I started Googling and depersonalization / derealization showed up in the results. I’d like to say it’s gone away since it first appeared two years ago, but it hasn’t entirely. The “not real” sensation seems to linger in the background of my life permanently now. I notice it’s worse if I’m stressed, haven’t had sleep, or haven’t hung out with any friends in person in a while. I also wonder if working remotely via Zoom meetings all the time contributes to the problem; it would be interesting to know if diagnoses of depersonalization spiked during the pandemic.
ryanSrich 4y ago
> It didn't help they lasted 10 days Frightening. The longest I had one was about a day. Most come and go very quickly now since I've learned to manage them. I feel like the longer I panic and think about the longer they last.

Xcelerate 4y ago

Depersonalization is really bizarre and unsettling. During the pandemic while working from home (and shortly after our first child was born), I started to get these periods of time where life didn’t “feel real”. A room in my apartment wasn’t a room; it was just an arbitrary box that my body was inside of. Things that had substance or meaning started seeming sort of “hollow”, and I felt like I was watching a movie about myself rather than experiencing it. I started Googling and depersonalization / derealization showed up in the results. I’d like to say it’s gone away since it first appeared two years ago, but it hasn’t entirely. The “not real” sensation seems to linger in the background of my life permanently now. I notice it’s worse if I’m stressed, haven’t had sleep, or haven’t hung out with any friends in person in a while. I also wonder if working remotely via Zoom meetings all the time contributes to the problem; it would be interesting to know if diagnoses of depersonalization spiked during the pandemic.

ryanSrich 4y ago

> It didn't help they lasted 10 days Frightening. The longest I had one was about a day. Most come and go very quickly now since I've learned to manage them. I feel like the longer I panic and think about the longer they last.