Hey Guys, after a traumatic event I had a feeling/thought if things around me are real or that I am not real. Ever since I have been obsessed with that thought. I have felt detached from my environment. But I know disassociation and derealization are triggered with anxiety. But I still feel this way when I'm not anxious. Can my thought obsession about feeling disconnected make me feel disconnected? Thanks!

hammysammy

Date posted: 4y

I've been trying to figure this out myself and I've been finding myself desperate to cry, but unable to. Recently, I heard someone mention watching dramas/movies helped her to distract and to cry. Though I'm unsure if it will be a solution, I plan to try this out and I hope to see a result.

cmaconochie

Date posted: 4y

I hope that you can figure this out as well! Good luck!

cmaconochie

Date posted: 4y

Let me know how it works! Stay Strong, and God Bless!

Michelemybelle

Date posted: 4y

I have a similar theme. Yes I think they are both connected. I just recently found out about derealization. I always thought my ocd thought was that I’m in a dream and my life is going on somewhere else, but I’m thinking that that how I associated the anxiety at the time. I think it was derealization. Was was fine for like 10 years. I even had moments when I was like” omg I can’t believe I used to think that” and then it started again about a year ago

cmaconochie

Date posted: 4y

Hi! When it went away was that because you stopped thinking about it? Because even when I'm not anxious I feel like this! Also did it come back due to increase in anxiety? Thanks and stay strong!

Michelemybelle

Date posted: 4y

@cmaconochie You know the saying “time heals all wounds”? Well over time the thought faded as time went on. But it’s a different feeling I’m having now. At first it branched off into a bunch of “what if’s”. But In my case “well then...... “. Ex if I’m in a dream well then I can have cancer right now. If I’m in a dream well then I could die any minute blah blah blah. ..... I am on medication so that helps but this time around it’s more of a “feeling” Like I’m lonely. I mean I know I’m not in a dream but shit it’s scary a no d disappointing that it reared it’s ugly head

Michelemybelle

Date posted: 4y

@Michelemybelle I want to add that I always had ocd thoughts when it when away over the 10 years (other themes) etc, but. I didn’t get the anxiety. So I’m going to say from experience not having the anxiety but still having thoughts is better. The ocd feeds off the anxiety.

zoed

Date posted: 4y

That was my biggest fear and anxiety for many many years. I remember myself at the age of 11 having this horrible feeling or thought that i was not living in reality. It was so weird and i immediately started being afraid and extremely stressed. For many years I was not telling anybody because i thought it was stupid and they wouldn't understand me. I believed that I had an extreme imagination and that was causing that thought,but that was not the cause of course. I spent long periods of severe depression until.one day I spoke about it to my husband and he told me just not to worry or be afraid and that it is ok to just have weird thoughts or feelings. I think just the thing that I finally talked to someone about my worry helped me not feeling alone and helpless. Speak to anyone you think can just listen to you with love and support. If you cannot get over your thought you can try to visit a therapist. We deserve a better life!

Anonymous

Date posted: 4y

I have the same problem. I have physcosis, ocd, rocd, and really bad anxiety. I try to pay attention to everything around me at all time. I pay attention to all of my senses. If I'm around a blanket I feel my blanket and it helps me somewhat.

cmaconochie

Date posted: 4y

Thanks for sharing! I try to focus on my senses, but it can be really difficult to stay focused on it. I probably need to try and make it a habit. Stay Strong and God Bless!

Daria Alexan...

Date posted: 4y

You may actually have a theme on this if you obsess and do compulsions. With me, I used to wake up in the morning and tell myself 'it's fine' and sometimes I felt fine, sometimes I really didn't deel fine and it was all so unreal. After s couple of months I was really just crying and want this all to end. Eventually it went away but not because I stopped thinking about it. But when it did went away I stopped.

୨ৎ

Date posted: 19w

can ocd make you question your mental health?

i have been diagnosed with OCD & generalized anxiety disorder. for some reason, i’ve been very hyper aware of everything. like the way i talk, the way i see the world, how certain things sound/look/feel, and it’s very distressing. i feel like the hyper awareness makes me afraid of things? like for some reason, my mind attached to cartoons, and i was hyperfocusing on it, and got extremely scared, like scared of the cartoon for no reason? i’ve done this a lot, and i get scared i have psychosis or schizophrenia, or something that makes you afraid of things for no unknown reason. i feel so scared that this is my new normal…. im heartbroken. so many what if’s. did i just ruin my own life?? 💔

Mk3

Date posted: 16w

ROCD

Can ROCD make your thoughts and feelings feel 100% true or real???? Like I can have a thought or feeling and in that moment it feels real or should it not feel real until the ocd latches onto it?

flowerpetals

Date posted: 12w

perfectionism ocd?

i’ve unfortunately fallen into the cycle of trying to figure out my thoughts and find answers as to why i feel so distressed. this still pertains to the situation regarding changing my room for those reading who have seen my multiple posts over the last few days. i’ve been so distressed and in so much panic about it. i’m also panicking over my other room looking so different from when i left it. it’s been making me feel crazy because to me there’s no reason for my anxiety to latch so hard onto something that seems so minuscule. i was thinking i was having anxiety over change, but it’s like symptoms of ocd too that’s making it really hard for me to let go. SO i started thinking maybe it was perfectionism ocd? i’ve realized over time that i do compulsions to where things have to feel “just right”, but i also do that with any environment i’m in. like it HAS to feel cozy to me and provide me comfort in order for me to feel at ease. and this change is causing me to panic because there’s something wrong that i can’t find an answer to. maybe the different colored carpet? but it’s also more than that it feels like. however, now it’s spreading into other areas of my house where i’ve always been fine in and possibly to just any area i’m in at all. hence why it’s making me feel crazy because there’s no reason for me to be THIS distressed over that as i’ve never really had this problem before. and when i did it would last maybe an hour to a couple of days at most, but this has been going for over 2 weeks with my really bad anxiety being this week. i’m doing a little better, but it’s still hard when i can feel that panic waiting for me to acknowledge and just engulf me in the ocd cycle. i’m also analyzing basically any feeling i have so i just feel off in general and like i’m going insane. i’ve been so hyper focused on how i feel and that will send me spiraling too. multiple themes then start coming in like existential ocd and fear of solipsism. not to mention my harm and contamination ocd that just adds on when i’m this vulnerable. then i worry if no one is real, then no one feels the way i do. or just in general that what if no one feels the way i do. honestly, i think being out of college and in my house with nothing to do is causing me too much time with my thoughts. which is why i’m so distressed about everything that pops into my brain.

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