Is it normal to feel like i'm not really alive?

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I sometimes am just doing everyday things and suddenly I feel as if I am just observing everyone else, and I am not living or actually there. Like I am watching a movie. And when I actually speak, I feel like I am interrupting. Also, I make decisions that I wouldn't usually make when I was in 'reality'. No, I don't drink or do drugs (that I'm not supposed to take, anyway). Does anyone else feel like this ever?

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  • crygypsy
    10 years ago

    I once had an out of body experience when i came upon a peyote cactus so i know EXACTLY how you feel! It's a bit freaky and can be experienced even when you are not under the influence of drugs. My theory is you are awakened for a moment to your own mortality, in other words, things like being tired or slightly detached from the bustle of a current action has subconsciously made you realize you are a molecule just like everything else on this god damn plant. It's absolutely normal.

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    • RoseIsabella
      10 years ago

      I really like the way you expressed your beliefs about this dissociative issue, "...you are awakened for a moment to your own mortality,..."

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  • RomeoDeMontague
    10 years ago

    Like standing behind a looking glass looking out? I have had this feeling before. I use to be worse as a young child. I felt so disconnected with the world.

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  • Terence_the_viking
    10 years ago

    Yes like take the back door instead of the front door be a vegeterian for a day drink water.

    You can DO it.

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    • robbieforgotpw
      10 years ago

      Or perhaps a powerdump to start off the day?

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      • Terence_the_viking
        10 years ago

        In your bra?

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  • cokopoof
    10 years ago

    While I was taking the generic for Celexa I had this feel often. I'm not taking anything now but if I try to go to the store or anyplace with other people that will talk to me it happens.

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  • DADNSCAL
    10 years ago

    It's detachment and usually results from a traumatic childhood, You need to work on it before it gets worse. Find fun things to do, and people to talk to with common interests. If you need help, see a therapist.

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  • Dillon
    10 years ago

    Coz some damn fool accused you of being the best.

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  • EccentricWeird
    10 years ago

    Take medication.

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  • Scarsandstars
    10 years ago

    I feel like too. Just kind of numb.. I feel like everyone hates me even my family. I don't know what to do anymore.

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  • bemah
    10 years ago

    I'm the same, it can be a bit scary actually! Like you don't know what's real. Apparently this sort of disassociation and detachment is quite common, something to do with our generation spending so much time observing (watching a lot of TV, computer, even reading is observing someone else's life)..

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  • dirtybirdy
    10 years ago

    Is that the question? And if so, if so, who answers?

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  • Barns
    10 years ago

    I'm not sure if it's the same sort of thing, but I occasionally experience something like that.

    I'll be talking with a group of people and suddenly feel a bit light headed. Then It's as if I've jumped out of my head and am just watching; like you mentioned. And when I talk it feels like it's not actually from me; just watching as an observer.

    It's pretty hard to explain and I've probably done a bad job haha

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  • Holzman67
    10 years ago

    Well that's just the problem. Everyday things. The mundane, the routine. Yes its easy to feel a sense of detachment, you have to mix it up a bit. Do things that invigorate your soul

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    • Iamagirl
      10 years ago

      When I do abnormal things I feel "unalive" also so either way it wouldn't work

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      • Holzman67
        10 years ago

        Either way you need to achieve a sense of connectivity in your life, only you know the things that make you feel most alive.

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