For the past few years now I've been getting these on and off depression spells I guess. But also I'm not sure if I'm just self diagnosing it to depression I'm not sad I'm just scared and nothing seems real then I will snap out of it. Then be like omg Is that feeling gonna hit me again then bam there it goes again its just a cycle. The past few weeks I have been having a ton of fun. Then I went out drinking last night and I've been feeling that scared and depressed feeling all day. Plz someone tell me it's not clinical depression because it makes me even more scarce and upset when I think omg I'm gonna be like this forever. But just typing this up now I'm starting to calm down and it will go away. I just hate that feeling so much I would rather lose a limb than feel like this. Someone Plz help me. Thanks you I'm also a hypochondriac also so I search symptoms online and I've diagnosed myself with every mental problem possible
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Have you looked into depersonalization and derealization? They go together and are the third most common complaint/condition after anxiety and depression.
Depersonalization is the feeling of watching yourself act while having no control over a situation, Sufferers feel like they've changed, and the world is less real, vague, dreamlike or lacking in significance.
It can be a disturbing experience, even frightening, since it can feel like you're living in a dream. Like you're divorced from your own personal physicality by sensing body sensations, feelings, emotions and behaviors as not belonging to the same person or identity; things seem unreal, hazy or surreal.
A recognition of self breaks down (hence the name). Depersonalizaiton can result in very high anxiety levels which further increase these perceptions. you may find it hard to remember anything you see or experience while in "third person."
Depersonalization and derealization can happen to anyone under stress and/or with anxiety. It can also accompany sleep deprivation, jet lag, migraine, epilepsy, obsessive compulsive disorder, stress and anxiety.
I have depersonalization disorder with dissociation...so, hope this helps. When you said "I'm just scared and nothing seems real" I immediately thought of depersonalization.
What are the causes of this feeling? Seems like social anxiety. It`s something common and will eventually go away with maturity and if you try to control yourself. I know it`s hard. I have it every once in a while but I`m trying to not let it get to me again.
Alcohol might have something to do with this. As it is a depressant, you really shouldn't go near it.
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