Detached from life

What ttty said.

Depression can also be symptomatic of another condition. You say it's as though your life froze a few years ago. Now you're experiencing constant derealization. I get that, but I've been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. Medication helps. Forcing myself to socialize helps, even if it feels pointless. It's about grappling with inertia. I'd recommend seeing a psychiatrist before a therapist, but that's up to you.

Rhetorical questions, I guess: On a smaller scale, what would you like to change? Is there any way to get out of your head and re-engage with life, even temporarily?

This is simply symptoms of anxiety and or depression. Look up derealization and depersonalization

Life moves so fast. You turn around and the next thing you know, you are 60. It's too short to go around in a haze. Don't waste it. Get yourself checked out. This is serious.....

Are you actively involved in life? I've felt this way before, like I'm a voyeur or watching a television, with life just flowing by. It stops when I actively choose the course of my life and act upon those choices. You've given up your sense of control which leaves the mind with nothing to do or care about.

Maybe look into dysthemia or depression as well and see a therapist.

That is what I like to call intelegence. Just don't go mad with it like all super smarties

The same thing happened to me 4 yrs ago. I don't remember how or why I was disconnecting with the world but it gradually became worse.. The sense of apathy and indifference... I have no memory of that one week I literally spent lying in bed..(sun goes up, sun goes down. Don't ask me why I didn't notice because I don't even think I was there) To me, It was one afternoon but when my bf told me the reality, I snapped out of it.. So it seemed. That night I swallowed 350mg Of stilnox(sleeping tablets) and 20mg of Xanax before I texted my bf saying 'i ate all the meds,it's ok, I just want to sleep. I'm so tired' .
I woke up the next day, with my best friends and bf lying next to me in my room. I don't remember any of it but from what they tell me, I really got all of them worried.
I don't know if i intended to end my life. But seeing the faces of the ppl I love and who love me was enough to make me feel lucky I made it out safe.
I don't know how or if it's any help. But I'm sharing my experience,so at least you know you're not alone.

I was just saying the same thing to some friends cause it feels like only yesterday we were in PreK together

I know these feelings well. I don't think the issue is in the fact that you don't know yourself..but rather your mind can only handle so much. You seem catatonic and in a "dream like" state. You could be suffering from depression or some type of psychosis.

As a side note, every time I wake up, I feel like I can't remember anything that happened the day before and I can't recognize anyone around me. It's like my life froze a few years ago, and everyone looks completely different and more aged.

Okay, thanks.

I really don't know what to say since I don't understand what you're trying to say. Maybe you are shy around other people, and you feel dreamy sometimes. You might want to go to the therapist. Perhaps you really are trying to figure out who you are.

Best of luck