Is it all real

I don't now how to explain this. I don't think I understand it myself...here it is...A lot of the time, I don't think/feel this is all real. I don't feel real sometimes. It's really hard to explain. I just wish that someone can give me an answer as to why I feel this way. I do have psychological problems, and I am on medication. Would that have something to do with it? I've felt like this for a while. It started with me feeling robotic, and that I was merely existing, but not living. Then just not real.

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  • Maya05

    Well, what is real? What if everything you thought was real was all a dream? What if your entire life was just one dream? We can really only assume what we see and feel is what defines something as being real when it could very well be much more complicated then that. Who knows? I like thinking about these sorts of things. Also I think I feel something similar that you described at times. There are times where everything just doesn't feel quite right. I don't know what it is, but everything feels a little wrong.

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  • JakeRyan

    This is how i feel when i am high.

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  • kingsleycrowne

    I suspect you are probably disillusioned and disenchanted with existence.

    The drugs may be having a numbing effect also.

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  • Terence_the_viking

    You feel disconnected maybe like you don't know what you are supposed to do with your life.

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  • fostesky

    I have experienced this feeling many times. I'm not a doctor or a trained anything, but every time I feel this way i go and do something that shows me "I'm reel. I'm here doing something I love to do." :)

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  • SplinterWingz

    I feel like that all the time too, only anti-depressants take it away, so i double/triple dose on those little fuckers.
    Now i'm as happy as a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow.

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  • This is depersonalization/derealization
    Depersonalization is where you dont feel real.
    Derealization is where nothing else seems real.
    They often occur together.
    I get this too. For me it feels like a simulation or a dream and everything seems placticy with no depth.
    It can be a symptoms of a number of things including mental disorders and drugs.
    You said you have psychological problems, so thats probablly why. You can tell if its from the meds based on if you had the symptoms without them. For me my meds make it mostly go away though.

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  • moonrabbit

    I get derealization sometimes, which causes me to feel the exact same way. You should definitely look into it!

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  • bemah

    You mean you feel like your life is a dream, coz apparently that's quite common.

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  • AmyMay

    My psychologist calls it psychosis. I have the same problem. Where the lines between reality are blurred. Like nothing is real. Whatever is happening isn't really happening and what has happed hasn't actually happened. Like I don't have control over my actions, but yet still carry on with day to day activities. Although mine is due to a mental illness. See a doctor if it's really worrying you, tell them everything you said.

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  • powerpoe

    It';s also called a dissocative disorder, which usually is a side-effect to most medication. There aren't any pills or soemthing yet to make the feeling dissapear, what's best to do is talk to people about it, get to learn people better, get to be involved with other peoles lives, get involved in your own life. A lot of people today keep wondering if life is real or just a dream, but what if this is a dream, does it matter? You can still think for yourself, and experience emtions, so does it really matter if this is truly real, or that it just appears to be real? As long as you can think, you exist, as some famous philosopher once said.

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  • noid

    There is a psychological term for what you're experiencing. Derealization / depersonalization. You can google it and see what you think.

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    • Wow. It makes sense. I'm having some of those symptoms. Maybe I should see a psychiatrist.

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      • Short4Words

        I should have recommended this, I wasn't sure if it was your thoughts or you feelings. But yea, basically, I was really detached and I saw a psychologist and she said I had derealization. It wasn't fun. I'm not sure about her, but I came to the conclusion that if I tried to make connections with more people I would feel more part of this world. I think it was love that saved me. I encourage you try doing the same thing at your own pace, but don't be afraid.

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  • Faceless

    Yeah you can notice it. But thats all you can do. Just notice. Better get used to it and try to make the most of life.

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  • Short4Words

    Sometimes I question the same thing too, maybe that answers it for you. Your medication may be hurting you though, but I want you to understand it is real. You are experiencing it, how could it not be.

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    • It's really hard for me to explain. Maybe it's because I don't get out much. Sometimes I just feel weird. My body will feel strange. Then I look at the news, and I'll hear bad stuff that's going on everywhere. It just makes me think how could this be possibly real.

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      • Short4Words

        Even though you are having these doubts you seem to have a good head on your shoulders. I think you should get out more. If part of you is in denial there are good things too, maybe it's hard for you to accept all the bad without having much that is good. I believe you can find something good.

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