Is it normal to see myself in third person?

Now before you guys say anything, i know that someone has asked this question last year. But i want a more elaborated philosophical answer. I sometimes see myself in third person like i literally zone out of my mind watching myself, AND while this is going on, I literally start to wonder what is the point of life, who am i, and what the heck am i doing right now. i almost get this this freaked out/wierded out feeling where i think what im doing is not enough and that i must do more now! As if im wasting my life away.

here is another example lets say im watching TV and this experience occurs, i will see myself and realize that im like a lab rat sucked into watching this stupid box, and think that the t.v is bad for me and for society as a whole.

Now i dont do drugs, and am a sane person, but i would like to know if this type of experience is maybe a learning experience that is self realization, so that our self interests change and that our goals change, is that what this is?

I hardly watch t.v or play video games anymore, and have acquired a great taste for education and knowledge all of a sudden. Someone please tell me if this is normal and if maybe this experience is a type of evolving process?

p.s: i don't think this is astral projection, since we only see ourselves for a little bit, and aren't able to actually travel places with our spirit...

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  • I don't know if it is normal, but I feel the same. I often see myself from the outside looking in. Not quite sure what it means, but like you I have a great thirst for education and love reading. Maybe it is information overload. We think too much.

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  • Valkeer can't think of anything clever to say but he posts this anyway because...

    -Sunglasses-

    He can.

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  • I found your post whilst googling to find if deliberately viewing myself in the 3rd person could give me a more useful perspective on self than just being me. What I find is that just seeing myself from the perspective of peering through my own eyes gives me no useful perspective what so ever, I'm not even in view. By seeing myself in the 3rd person I'm better equipped to judge whether I am being the person I aspire to be. From your own example , I can just sit in front of the tv watching crap and the thought that I'm pissing my life away cheaply might not occur, but if I could see myself I might think "what a lazy #~@k, that's not who I want to be" or "jesus, is that me?".

    Whether it's normal or not I wouldn't worry about. I think it's a perspective that will give you superior insight to yourself.

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  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anxiety_buffer_disruption_theory
    This is what your experiencing. The known term is "dissasosiation" when you zone out and look at your self like this.

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  • I experienced this to some degree dealing with anxiety and depersonlization a while back. Im better now but every now and then i slip back into that state, like im hyperaware of myself. its a very weird feeling, i do believe this could be part of some evolving process maybe revealing itself to you i could be wrong but its definitly something to consider. Meditation might help you become more present.

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  • Dude you play too much video games. It happened to me as well.

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  • If you are learning from this experience, then it is a learning experience for you. It sounds like you are entering a meditative state when you "zone out."

    Try getting comfortable with that weirded out feeling and play with it. And keep feeding that passion for knowledge.

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    • Its kind of hard to get comfortable with, i enter like a deep philosophical 3rd person point of view, and always ask "what the hell am i doing?!" like i cant accept the fact that im content, its so wierd!

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  • It would be stupid for me to say that anything I haven't experienced myself/heard of before, is not normal. But are you sure you were not dreaming? It's definietly something to think about.

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    • Definatley not dreaming it happens everytime, when im on the computer or alone studying.

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  • It is impossible to find out what we are in this world your not Travis anderson your not jacob smythe names are codes and limit you to the physical body.

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  • Dappled wonders why you do this.

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