[faerie_moon_x]

Hello,

So I have been experiencing something strange recently. I keep getting this weird feeling that I'm not really real or that maybe my thoughts are not real? Or maybe I'm just a thought but not really existing, or maybe like a ghost..... it's very disconcerting and makes me feel creepy and I can't explain it.

I've had issues before where I look in the mirror and the face and body I see are not what I expect. My internal vision of myself is different and I get disappointed a lot when I look in the mirror and see this other face. I've had that for a long, long time. And also when I was a kid my name wasn't really my name, so I had it legally changed (like I felt like I had no name, even though I did, but it was the wrong name.)

But this is totally different. I've been going through a lot of stress and such and heartbreak and I don't know if that's what is causing it or what. Does anyone else ever feel this way?

Thanks

[carrie_ann]

i frequently do tho i've never admitted it before. have you spoke to anyone about this like a doc or a T?

[Nixi]

I have had feelings in the past of things not feeling real. I do currently have the looking me in the mirror thing. I do not recognise myself. All I can suggest is mentioning it to your pdoc and when things don't feel real try mindfulness- concentrating on your surroundings, focusing what you're sat on etc to try and ground you? I don't know about the mirror thing. Sorry!

Sorry if this isn't much help! I suspect your stress will be the cause of it!

[and_im_still_here]

Exactly, sometimes i have that feeling like if i just had realized that things around me are ther but gosh i imagine myself as the most nicest, pretiest, magical superhero and once i see in the mirror some chic standing there... Its kinda sucky

[Anneinside]

On a lighter note: Once my mother was walking through her livingroom and looked to the side and thought "what is that old lady doing in my house!"... then she realized she was looking in a mirror.

[faerie_moon_x]

Originally Posted by Anneinside

On a lighter note: Once my mother was walking through her livingroom and looked to the side and thought "what is that old lady doing in my house!"... then she realized she was looking in a mirror.

Haha, that really cheered me up.

Thanks everyone. I've been feeling so weird recently. A lot of things going on with me that are freaking me out.