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

[Sweetheartgirl]

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:(

[Dianna7]

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.

[soultosoul]

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..

[Amyrosie]

I've had that during panic attacks. I think it's called Depersonalization. It's very common.

[JudiiiO]

Did you have it days after your panic attack ?

[Helper_s]

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

[Decs]

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

[Happygirl23]

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.