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

[Dari1992]

I'm in the same situation. It never really feels like I'm here. It started to happen in High School and just went on from there. It started out as just a few minutes then more and more till it never went away.

[andre7000]

I was hit by a pizza truck right in front of my neighborhood.. I broke my elbow-split my chin wide open..long story short,I feel like I'm in a coma.. I feel like I died during the car accident..it's indeed scary

[Isla_02]

That is what I expirience. It's a little different. But I do also feel like I'm in a coma and I'll awake one day and this will all be a dream. None of this is real. My family and friends. "I hate making commitments" I tell people "because nothin is real". Like I will wake up to another family. And I'm scared of this world and life.

[Isla_02]

I am thirteen. And I have had this sensation/anxiety my whole life. It is the scariest expirience and I knew I needed to be educated on it. Not being able to tell reality. Having panic attacks where I feel as if I'm unreal or in a dream. In my head asking myself "am I real". It is an anxiety disorder. Like disassociation. It's called depersonalization also known as derealization. Maybe it's not the same. It is not harmful but can be very scary.

[Gnganaaron]

How do you cope with this? I have the same thing and have actually convinced myself I am trapped in a dream at times and it is the most terrifying thing ever. What do you do to help it go away?

[JamesHernandez]

Drink, smoke weed, and smoke cigarettes could be the reason of your anxiety. You can consult with another doctor to figure it out. Do exercise and eat healthy.

[Chandler91]

I am 24 years old and I have felt like this for about a year now... The first incident I was in a restaurant and it felt like someone stretched me incredibly thin... Like I couldn't breathe. I had another incident about a month later except the feeling never went away and it has gotten worse ever since. I have had bloodwork done and an MRI which revealed a cyst in my temporal something or other that doesn't seem to be problematic. I am due for another MRI to check on the cyst and in the last few day my head feels fogged and I can't hear out of the ear that's on the same side as the cyst. I feel like I'm dreaming when I'm awake... Everything feels weird, it sounds like I'm undwrwater... Just like you said... Like I'm in a coma waiting to wake up... I used to,drink, smoke weed, and smoke,cigarettes but have been free of all that for a year in January... I've been to my primary care doctor and he throws his hands up at my symptoms and tells me he doesn't know what it is... He makes me feel like nothing is wrong and like I'm crazy...