Feeling like I am in a dream.. like i am asleep..

[CMSliwa]

Hi.  I was wondering if anyone else feels like this..  I never posted a topic explaining my feeling.  It is hard to explain.

Ever since my first panic attack at age 13 I feel as if I have fallen into a coma.  I feel like I am asleep.  My head feels lightheaded, like there is a soft fog right beneath my eyes that cause me to be unable to see, feel, hear... etc.  

When I dream at night I wake up not knowing if it was a dream or if it was real, because i feel almost the exact same.  I feel like I am floating around in a dream.  There has not been one moment where I have "awoken" or "the fog has lifted."  It has been like this everymoment of every day for 5 years.

I have depression, anxiety, and panic.  I have been on meds which made me feel better, but I am still "asleep".  Nothing has woken me up.  

I feel like I'm just gonna wake up from a coma one day.  

Does anyone else feel like this.. or have felt like this?  Is there hope?  The docs told me the meds should help this feeling in a year or 2, but its been 5 and i am losing hope of ever waking up

[Emmaaaaaammmmmmaa]

Im 14 aswell and i have that exact thing and its really freaking me out

[Happygirl23]

Same here and scaring me! I'm 23 and want to be out of this bubble and live a normal life this is hell :(

[Monotheist]

Do you remember an accident from when you were young?? And then just continuing on with life, like nothing happened..

[Emmaaaaaammmmmmaa]

I always feel lke this and i never know why i keep paniking about it im so glad im not the only one, i feel sort of like i know where i am but i dont feel like im really there almost like im watching through a camera or something, and sometimes i think like what if im asleep or in a coma or something and i keep getting like da ja vou and things happen that properly freak me out

[PatriceBS]

same for me i thought i was going crazy & im only 19

[Mileyyrainbow_123]

Oh my god so do I am 14 and always say to people do you feel like this is really happening like your actually here ?

[Monotheist]

I have always wondered why I see throught these eyes.. I remember when I was 8 years old and was playing by the fence and fell and hit the back of my head. Then I just remember getting up and going on as usual. But the hit was so hard that I remember, feeling as I was knocked out. But then also remember just getting up after a while. Weird thing is not a soul saw it happen when i got up, and my neighborhood in Chicago, Il was very busy. It feels like I am not me, and yet here I am. How to take that..

[Mylife1959]

Have you over come it yet? Because this is exactly how Im feeling day after day after day. Like no matter what I do or say or get diagnosed with I'm  not gonna recover or I'm  not real

[Savyrod]

Has anyone found a way to "wake up"?

[JudiiiO]

i feel the same way !!!!! How are you feeling now?

[Maggie9916]

I woke up this morning feeling like I was in a dream than I stopped myself wondering what just happen, am I loosing it? so I am scheduled to see my doctor, from what I have been reading I diagnosed it as Depersonalization, there is hope and I know now I'm going to be ok. I will be back to let you know what kind of meds I get and if it works..

[Nieks]

Has anyone gotten rid of this feeling yet? ive been having it for a few months time. Im suspecting that it might have something to do with the weed i smoked in that time. Since these few months i guess ive been having it a little bit, but since like 3 weeks ago it has been really heavy and weird and scrary, and it just wont go away. im scared that it will stay forever if i dont find a way to get rid of it , and im scared to talk about it with other people ...So has anyone had succes getting rid of it ? :(

[Preem]

Hi, I am 13 myself and just 2 days ago I had a weird sensation. It's exactly the same as you described. Its called 'depersonalization' or 'derealization'. There is in fact an actual depersonalisation disorder. Perhaps you have that?
I felt a serious sense of depersonalisation 2 days ago, I describe the feelings to people and they all think it's a panic attack.
I think it was more like I was on drugs or was drunk, though I don't know what that feels like as I've never taken drugs or gotten drugs.
What was your first panic attack like, and are you taking any drugs?
Hope you can get back to me. X

[brookie931]

I feel the exact same way at times like not feeling awake. I freak out and crying every time this happens to me and its so scary.I wish this would go away but I try to explain to people what it feels like and no one understands. I keep thinking I'm in a dream or that I died and that I can't wake up from it. I never feel like doing anything either because of the feeling I get. I think its from depression and lack of sleep. When I use to be happy I never felt this way..