Feeling Like I'm Falling.

[InHell11]

Not litterally, but in the sense that at times I feel very detached and like reality or whatever could just slip away at any moment. A lot of times I just try to ignore it especially if there are others around...but it's like trying to ignore something that's painfully obvious. Other times I may try to distract myself with various activities. However at times that feeling combined with depression and anxiety is just too much to handle and I just end up isolating myself in my room. It's pretty hard to try and deal with people when it feels like any wrong move could send everything into chaos(I can't describe it very well since it really makes no sense to me either).

So yeah I suppose to simplify it's like a feeling of falling out reality and away from well pretty much everything. Does anyone else here feel that way at times? If so what do you do about it if anything?

 

[InHell11]

I guess I am alone with this after all....or perhaps I am being impatient. I felt like the way I described a couple times yesterday it was pretty horrible.

 

[Meadowsweet]

You're not alone with feeling that way, or with your reactions to it.

But I'm afraid I don't have the answers to it. I usually go and spend time alone.

 

[droppingrain]

I feel this all the time, disassociation, is the term I believe. I have no idea how to deal with it. I sometimes get the sensation that I'm really tall above others and some days really small as if I might disappear. It's all disassociation stuff. There's no known treatment or cure as far as I know.

 

[Deleted member 12723]

Try to find something to do. Try a distraction and a diversion. Remember to breathe. Ground yourself. You can do this and keep on taking baby steps forward in spite of how you feel. My heart goes out to you. I am rooting for you. Try journaling too. It helps to bring the things up to the surface and you can find a solution to help you. Just my two cents. I wish you the best.

 

[InHell11]

I sometimes get the sensation that I'm really tall above others and some days really small as if I might disappear.

I get that sensation as well.

 

[InHell11]

I do try and distract myself and ground myself but I am not all that great at that, and its hard to distract myself when It feels like I have to concentrate just to keep things from falling apart. It does help if I am able to ground myself somehow otherwise its like I'm drifting into some void further from reality with nothing to hold on to and pull myself back.

 

[Thinkingman85]

For me, it's being able to properly process my emotions. I probably have a lot of pent up frustration, and instead of flipping out in a maniacal fashion, I hold in my pain which leads to chronic depression. Dissociation is probably the only option you have until you're able to work out your issue.

 

[InHell11]

Not so sure all the issues can be worked out, and normally I expect to get used to things but I don't think I can get used to dissociation or falling sensations its such a strange feeling. I think I prefer if I get it when I am numb feeling because then I don't get as anxious about the 'crap gotta grab ahold of something quick before I get sucked into that void.' feeling.

I flip out sometimes but I think I tend to suppress things a bit more, till too much is built up.

 

[NarcSis]

You'll learn to cope with it in time. My big issue was always trying to push too hard and expect things to work out sooner rather than later....patience and acceptance of the symptoms as simply symptoms (thus eliminating their "power" over you) are two of the hardest lessons to learn.

When there's too much noise/activity around me, I still tend to dissociate, nothing more than a stress reaction. My cup runneth over. Good to get somewhere quiet to calm down - do what you need to do for you to cope with it, no guilt. Hugs.

 

[InHell11]

I have no choice but to cope with it as is and I tend to push too hard trying to get a quicker result as well, it usually does not help. But yeah I realize they are just symptoms and accept them as such but it doesn't really make the symptoms any less powerful or cause them to effect me less.