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Jul 06, 2009, 09:56 PM
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Member Since: Mar 2009
Location: So Cal
Posts: 3,342
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JerryMichele...
I agree that this definitely sounds like derealization. I get this too. It would be a good idea to talk to you Pdoc/T about it and just let them know what you are experiencing.
Some tricks that I have learned from T and practice is, when I start to get the feeling that things around me are surreal, I do some grounding activities in my head. They are pretty easy to do, you just have to remember to do them when it's happening and do your best to stay focused.
Example.....one day I was standing on my street and the house across the way just looked fake. My head was telling me that it wasn't real. It didn't feel real. It felt like I could walk up to it and it would just be a big piece of paper that I could rip down and that it didn't really exist. What I did....I walked up to the house and touched it. I thought about what the house felt like. I thought to myself....the siding of the house is cool to the touch. The texture of the siding is rough. The siding is hard. If I knock on it it makes a thumping sound. And then I moved on to something else, like the railing of the porch. It was made of metal...and again, I touched it and I really acknowledged what it felt/sounded like. After doing this for a minute or two, that perception of "this is not real" started to fade and I began to feel better.
I told my T about the experience and she said that I did exactly what I should have done. I told her that I felt weird touching somebody elses house and I was afraid I was going to freak my neighbors out. She said "so what....what business is it of theirs? If they ask, just tell them you were just looking at material for an art project or something." She said the most important thing to do when you begin to feel this way is to challenge those perceptions with your senses.
I hope this helps. 
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