Anxiety? Depersonalization? Both?

About a year and a half ago around the time of my highschool graduation I started having feelings of "loss" of my 'ego', or my 'self'. It would come on randomly and I would suddenly become aware that I was emotionally detached from a particular situation. Friends and faces, although I recognized them, did not have the same emotional familiarity which I always saw them with. When I spoke, I felt like I had to force the words out. I had no emotion, and what was worse, I didnt know who I was. As the summer went along I started worrying about my experiences more frequently and the feeling started becoming more permanent. By the time I began my freshman year in college, the feeling was unrelenting and frightening.

I suffered the rest of the year with this eerie detached feeling from my social environment and from my own objective sense of self.

I am now about to begin my sophomore year in college and little has changed. I would give anything to be comfortable in myself and reality again and can't take this much longer. Is this depersonalization? Anxiety? please help.

[BTOWN]

totallyyyyyyy a lack of sleep..and if ur getting plenty of sleep its definatly anxiety....i have had this before. its scary. it feels as if ur almost in a dream and nothing around u is real..u look at ur arm or leg and it feels like its not yours......or u cant control it... the way i dealt with that honestly is excercise and sleep well. and when it starts to happen DONT panic. just think about something else. its cliche for me to say that but i swear it works soooooo much. i have learned that with anxiety self talk is a hugeeeeeee key to mentally getting through it. hang in there.. dont give up. god is with you and were all here to help as well

btown:)

[ToughasNails]

Be strong, trust me, you can overcome this. Depersonalization is nothing but your brains way of protecting itself from harm. Stress, lack of sleep, daily anxieties are enough to sap away all your energy. DO not fear it at all, when you get a 'weired' moment of not being there just tell yourself:
I am here, I am stronger that you, bring it on! and move on to doing something. Keep your mind busy and if you can't let the rush go right through you.
Remember, depersonalization feeds on your thoughts and fear. It can not hurt you and you will not go to some dark place where there is no return. There is no such place, trust me. I have been to the other side of it and back.
Just be strong emotionally. Eat right (lots of fruit and good carbs) excercise (not to hard). NO Caffeeine at All. No sugar or processed foods. Take  a good daily vitamine and lots of Omega3 Fish Oil. The rest will take care of itself.
All the best to you buddy. Don't be afraid.....You are not alone.