Sunday, January 28, 2018

Feeling disconnected from reality

Hello, I have been feeling weird about my perception of reality for some time now and can't figure out what it is so thought I'd ask here. It started when I was about 10, when I was sitting in front of the TV for too long (few hours). I was told by others this state of mind is normal to experience for a short period of time after, for example watching a movie. You know, the feeling you have right after walking out of the cinema and take a second to realize this isn't some movie universe but real life. Later (I was approximately 12) I got my very first own computer. It was also a time when my parents were in the process of divorcing and moving out, I was forced to change school, had no friends so I spent literally all my free time playing video games, or watching YouTube videos. This is where it started to become serious. After I'd get up and do something in real life, I'd still feel like I was watching somebody else, passively. And it didn't last for few minutes but a couple hours. As I was getting older, the time I spent in this weird, disconnected state of mine slowly increased. Now I'm 21 and basically living in mental state 24/7. The second I look at my phone or any kind of screen, I feel it for the rest of the day. Even if I try to avoid screentime as much as possible you know it's next to impossible in this day and age. This has really ruined my life. I can't do anything requiring even a little responsibility like driving cause I don't sense things around me. When I'm supposed to act (this can apply to literally any situation) I often just don't, because I don't feel like I'm present in the moment. The best way to describe it would be feeling like I'm watching a video of my life, therefore being passive and in some sense sometimes not even existing. In these cases my body just goes to autopilot while my mind is completely blank. It used to be "fixible" by reducing screen time, but at this point nothing helps and I haven't felt normal like before for years. Any idea what to do about this? Thanks

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