Title basically. Almost like your dreaming, but awake. It’s hard to explain. Sometimes I feel like I’m just dreaming or like I’m in the Matrix or something. The feeling tends to pass, but always leaves me feeling messed up mentally for a bit. Just curious if this is somewhat common or if I should probably get help. My wife says she experiences this too. So I feel like it’s definitely not just a me thing.
Completely normal for people to feel disassociated with the reality they are living in. It’s crazy that we made it this far and it’s not pleasant here. When people say “deja vu” they have this feeling drugs can change your pathways and make you feel this way. Meditation and exercise can help to feel more grounded if that is what you want. If you start not realizing where you are or have serious thoughts of harm talk to someone. Recent movie that shows examples of this is called, “glitch in the matrix”.
Phil K Dick talked a lot about this " I experienced an invasion of my mind by a transcendentally rational mind, as if I had been insane all my life and suddenly I had become sane." Phil K Dick Wiki
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Look, dude was an amazing author. But he was also a meth head that thought aliens were telepathically communicating with him and telling him real stories he just wrote down
When he “suddenly felt sane” was when he lost his last grip on reality and went full on delusional.
If some one may be experiencing a mental health event, don’t start quoting Dick to them
Whoa. I wasn’t trying say Dick was correct. OP just wanted some context if other people have this type of experience. Yah Dick was losing it. A lot of people in the “Enter the Matrix” I mentioned are lost in their own thoughts.maybe more of a warning rather than endorsement.
It’s not tho.
You’re downplaying something that may be a serious issue for OP, and then gave a no context quote of a guy who is an amazing author, but legit crazy, talking about how he suddenly felt sane when he gave into his delusions.
I’m not saying you didn’t have good intentions…
But your comments could legit cause serious consequences and harm.
Because complete detachment from reality is often the first step to something worse and not the last step.