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

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
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I feel the same way and I have for about 9 months and Im just hoping it will soon go away. I don't even want to tell my parents to take me to doctors anymore because they think its just an excuse to get out of school or something, its pathetic.  
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I feel like this all the time. I often wonder what year it will be when I wake from my coma and will I be different? Is the "awake me" trapped in the coma and I won't wake up until I find something proving 100% I'm in a coma and trapped. I honestly thought I was the only one. Everyone I have talked to looks at me like I'm crazy, but as I read what you wrote I was relieved and for a moment I had to make sure I hadn't wrote it. I wish i knew how to "wake up" but at the time it is impossible.
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i am so relie that there's someone like me. I'm feeling like this for about 4-5 months and I'm 14. is there any treatment? plz answer fast
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Hi guys,

Thank you so much for sharing all this. So glad that I'm not the only one. I will explain how my story started. I just moved to Melbourne city to do a semester at uni, I have been backpacking with my boyfriend for the last month and half. During my time in Thailand for a month I just wanted to come to Australia and finally settle (seems paradise being a backpacker but it's also exhausting).
We got here and everything started to kick, I  needed a house/room + a job + a starting uni. In the middle of all this stress a good friend of mine from London just tried to kill herself, I felt soooooo hopeless, I couldn't do anything. From that day I couldn't stop crying out of nowhere, I always stressed about finding a job, and I got an interview, I did ****, and I didn't get the job.

After all these emotions together my boyfriend and mum started to be very worried with me, I'm halfway across the world in a new city, I don't know anyone yet.

I started to take this pill to anxiety, and that's when everything started. I feel like I'm in a dream everyday, like I have no control of what I say, my voice doesn't sound the same, I don't feel objects the same way. And I know I am real and this is real but I just don't feel like it, it's so weird and scary.. i justa cry.
My boyfriend is being an angel, but I don't like to feel that I'm dragging him into this.. this is mean to be the time of his life.
I stopped taking the pills, they made me freak out. I am so scared. How can this stop? I just want to be normal again.

Does anyone knows what shall I do? I feel good when I smoke a cigarette (which I didn't do for the last 4 months) and when I go to the park and lay down for a good couple of hours.

If anyone knows a doctor in Melbourne city, let me know on ***@****
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It might get be from depression cause iam depressed and I feel like this all the time
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Omg yes, iam 14 and I haven't been able to explain the feeling... it happened ever since I moved from Australia to the USA
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I have felt like this too for almost a year, I suffered with panic attacks and constant anxiety everyday without any breaks, but then one day I started obsessing about something else which completely took my mind off the dreamy feeling and started having anxiety and panic attacks about something else. I believe my high anxiety turned into pure OCD, I believe that the feeling your experiencing is all in your head, because once I started obsessing about something else the dreamy feeling disappeared, feels like my mind has to obses about something all the time, I don't know what wrong with me:(
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Well,first of all I'mm not a professional,but I have also been feeling like this for years. Im 19 years old ,I used to smoke cannabis for a period of time (maybe one year) and I started feeling like this more and more every day so I quit. I haven't been to any doctors and I haven't really talked to many people about how I feel. I suffer from anxiety and panic attacks and I'm a person who over thinks a lot about every little thing. Anyway I was searching for what could be the cause of this feeling of detachment from the world and I found a disorder called depersonalization. I'm still not sure if that is it but thats the only thing that actually sounds very close to what I've been feeling for the past few years. Look it up on Wikipedia. I feel relieved to know that Im not the only person in this world that feels like this. It's been bothering me for a very long time.. I feel like this everyday ,all day long. Even right now while I'm writing this.
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I am with you guys..I suffer from this thing since 20 years ago..Sometimes is better and sometimes is worse..Since last year i have anxiety and depression and my doctor prescribed me pills..I took them and i felt better but the veil from mind is still there..I can't feel joy,i can't feel happiness..My mind is like frozen and something is preventing my soul from experiencing reality.Last night after 2 days since i stopped the medication i had a powerful experience of this thing..i felt like i'm in a dream,like life is a dream,the walls are made out of dreams..Everything was unreal and the reality was shaking and bending and moving ..I felt like i was in the middle of a storm..I saw my life from when i was a child ..like i was watching a movie ..emotions experiences ..everything was a dream..I saw myself as a stranger ..I felt i was a stranger..and all my life i played a role..the son ,the friend..the man..And now things will end..I felt like i was dying and i was happy cause i thought  at least i will wake up finally maybe or disappear ....After some time i felt happy and excited and pure and something opened in my heart..A new life...A light ..Fresh pure..I wanted to take some meds .I didnt..Then i fell asleep..After i woke up i didnt want to opened my eyes cause i felt the feeling was still there..But i did some meditation and then after 30 minutes the state appeared more powerful..I felt like i will lose my mind ..This time i took some medicine and i watched some videos counting the minutes until i will feel better..It *****....I went for a walk and then the feeling disappeared but the memory is still here..My doctor said that its just anxiety...I understand you guys..And i love you all ..I can feel your pain..I wish you all a life full of joy and happiness .You are not alone..Ps what seems to work for me is nature walks and being more loving and avoiding being angry or sad..
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I've had that during panic attacks. I think it's called Depersonalization. It's very common.
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Did you have it days after your panic attack ?
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Hi bro, im shamil from srilanka i shall bring a remedy for your problem from this text, u itself mention in your text that when u r AWAKE from sleep you get confused whether it is a dream or real life, and you yourself admitted that u were awake, you really have a little mental illness, and if u try you could cure it yourself! The thing which happens here is that your brain automatically identifies that u r awake, but ur mischievous upper mind who is the culprit says that u r in a dream/coma, what u have to do here is so simple, you have 2 simply ignore your upper mind and get in to your daily activities happily, it would be quite difficult in the beggining, u need to have a strong determination and controll to ignore your upper mind, and at last you would be able to win this illness! Hope this helps
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If any of you have watched the tv show "lost" where Desmond comes of the island
And is stuck between a reality and dream like state not knowing what is real or not
This is what the feeling is like
What helped me was exercise and gym , staying active and always looking to do things to keep your mind active
The feeling will go away , just keep staying motivated and look towards the future
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Also feeling like this and really losing hope :( constantly terrified and now can't drive or anything just want to sleep and hide from the world I'm scared to have an attack anywhere it's just gotten worse and worse and this bubble I am in and dream I am living Which I feel like I will wake up from one day and not know where I am which is also scary- I am just so sick of this and lexapro and Xanax are not doing anything anymore for me. Any suggestions? Starting to thinking having seizures or something more wrong w me. Hate this.
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Im 14 aswell and i have that exact thing and its really freaking me out
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Same here and scaring me! I'm 23 and want to be out of this bubble and live a normal life this is hell :(
Do you remember an accident from when you were young?? And then just continuing on with life, like nothing happened..
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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
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same for me i thought i was going crazy & im only 19
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 ?
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..
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
Has anyone found a way to "wake up"?
i feel the same way !!!!! How are you feeling now?
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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..
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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 ? :(
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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
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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..
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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...
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