Is it normal to feel like everything is fake ?

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I don't know it goes here but I don't think there is a better category. Some time ago I started to feel a different way about what's around me. It happens by episodes that can be triggered by the vision of something or a sound.
I was thinking way more about how everything come together and how big everything really is ( or how tiny we are in this universe).
But more recently, I feel like everything is fake. I feel trapped in a reality that isn't mine,in a body that isn't really mine. I feel like what I see is not really there, like it's just some cover up in from of my eyes. It feels like I could just "quit" somehow, but that I'm just trapped with nowhere to go. Also I don't like to see other animals, especially humans, they feel especially fake and weird, almost disgusting. I also hate to be reminded of my body and see myself in the mirror.

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  • KiwiWisdom
    5 years ago

    We are self aware meat. Everything you see is an optical illusion limited by your limited senses, but your brain still allows you to learn things. The more you pick at the preconceived notions of your reality, the more it unravels and the less relatable things become as you once knew them. The more you realize nothing is personal, the more you realize anything is possible and everything that's happening now, then and to the end of the world is just a series of choices. If you exist at all, it's inside your brain and everything little thing you do or don't do matters - which is fine. Most people see and don't understand. If you want things to stop feeling fake, you have to reteach yourself what is actually real.

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    • PedaloBoatWaffle
      5 years ago

      "The more you pick at the preconceived notions of your reality, the more it unravels and the less relatable things become as you once knew them. The more you realize nothing is personal, the more you realize anything is possible and everything that's happening now"
      That's is pretty accurate. On the fact that I exist only in my head as well. I feel trapped in there, inside, somewhere. Limited by my senses, and it's driving me crazy sometimes. As Nikki says, at first it felt kind of liberating to think that I can basically do anything I want. But not it's not so great...

      "If you want things to stop feeling fake, you have to reteach yourself what is actually real."
      But how do I do that ? Beside distracting myself I haven't come across many options so far.

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    • nikkiclaire
      5 years ago

      I've been going through that awakening over the last 6 months or so. It's surreal, but liberating in a sense.

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  • kupokupo
    5 years ago

    Check out the hypothesis of simulated reality.

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    • PedaloBoatWaffle
      5 years ago

      Sometimes to me that what it feels like. I don't see any other possibility. I tell myself that maybe I'm some kind of alien life or some stuff like that, playing a game just for entertainment's sake. If all of that what a simulation it would make much more sense.

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  • IrishPotato
    5 years ago

    It's a simulation.

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    • Alichael
      5 years ago

      If life, the world, and every thing around us is a simulation, how come we can physically feel things that we can see?

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      • PedaloBoatWaffle
        5 years ago

        You can "feel" that because you are part of the simulation. Your mind, your very self, talking and thinking, would not be more than lines of codes executing.
        Like when you are dreaming you can have very vivid sensation en even feel like you are awake. Here it's the same idea.

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  • kupokupo
    5 years ago

    Yeah it's a mind-full. I mean, it has its merits for sure but it's kinda scary.

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  • TheOishome
    5 years ago

    Side note I'd like to add that I have had a very similar experience of realising we're just meat. I was high on weed and laying in bed in the dark and i became hyper aware of all of my meaty bodily functions. It was trippy, I could taste the inside of my mouth feel my oesophagus being warm and moist, I could feel blood running through my veins everywhere my heartbeat and lung function I even started being aware of my brain. I actually posted about this experience on this site I wonder if you can still find it. It was only like 5 months ago

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    • PedaloBoatWaffle
      5 years ago

      Yeah it kind of like that, the thing is it started before I touched weed for the first time, and when I did, it didn't really change things. I'll try to look for it, thanks for your input :).

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      • TheOishome
        5 years ago

        Anytime! Hope you find a solution my man

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  • TheOishome
    5 years ago

    Can relate to this experience, HOWEVER! you need to stop running away and distracting yourself from these thoughts, but really embrace them ask yourself exactly how you feel about these things analyse every aspect of your thoughts surrounding this issue and you'll no longer be afraid of having these thoughts. Also learn to meditate

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    • PedaloBoatWaffle
      5 years ago

      It's hard you know... I try to get along with them, but when I think about it too much I feel like I'm crazy and get all kinds of intrusive thoughts. They are mainly self destructive and never any good comes out of it. At least nothing did yet.

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      • TheOishome
        5 years ago

        Yeah man I feel you, whenever I have thoughts I don't like I try to accept them and really delve deeper into them but I know from experience that yes it's hard. It does however get easier when you get used to it and it's extremely liberating.

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  • PedaloBoatWaffle
    5 years ago

    To be honest I wouldn't mind. It would feel more right that way, it would make more sense, somehow.

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  • Godtism
    5 years ago

    I feel that way whenever I'm unemployed. do you have a job? I can't imagine having much time for those kinda thoughts when you are engaged in (fulfilling) work.

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    • PedaloBoatWaffle
      5 years ago

      No, I'm still a student. I'm trying to keep myself occupied whenever I have a down time to avoid thinking about it. I would say it works most of the time, but sometimes it's just too much.

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      • Godtism
        5 years ago

        Yeah I get you. What're you studying?

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        • PedaloBoatWaffle
          5 years ago

          I'm in something close to computer science. Next year I'll choose between programming and networking.

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          • Godtism
            5 years ago

            Same here dude, I picked programming but networking seems good too.

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  • RoseIsabella
    5 years ago

    Animals help me stay connected to reality and the Universe, they are part of God's creation. My cat is NEVER disgusting to me. Even if he has sticky poop on his butt he is not disgusting. I just clean him up, and he's good as new!

    If I couldn't have a cat or a dog I would want a rat, but a dog-like cat is the best. I can never understand people who don't like animals. I think without a pet I would start to marvel at insects and arachnids. I'm starting to grow found of the ants here. I love spiders!

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    • PedaloBoatWaffle
      5 years ago

      Don't get me wrong I like animals. I love my dog, he is really good boy. When I say they disgust me I'm not talking about the dirty stuff, that I don't really care.

      What bother me about them, and about humans too, is the fact that we are made of meat. I feel really weird out. The fact that we are able to think and feel makes it even weirder. It really makes me uneasy...

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      • RoseIsabella
        5 years ago

        It sounds like everything is freaking you out.

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    • Ummitsstillme
      5 years ago

      I love everything you said until the rat part. I have cats that are like dogs. My buddha love muff cost me $1800 and is worth every penny. His cute shaved belly is just more rubbable than ever.

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      • RoseIsabella
        5 years ago

        What breed of cat is that?

        I know a lot of people have bad feelings about rats, but believe they are actually very sweet.

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        • Ummitsstillme
          5 years ago

          A domestic shorthair orange cat. I can't wrap my head around pet rats even though I had hamsters as a kid.

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          • RoseIsabella
            5 years ago

            Rats don't really bite as much as hamsters. My rats certainly didn't bite. Rats are just really sweet!

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  • nikkiclaire
    5 years ago

    Except the animal part.

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