Talk to Psychiatry on I Feel Like I'm Unreal
Asking for Self, Female, 19 years old, Lahore
I feel very unreal, not the world, the world seems realistic to me, it's only me. I'm always in my head and I can't be present at the moment. It's not that I worry about my past. I am not stressed. But I want to get control of myself but I can't. I have to look in the mirror for a long time to feel real. I always feel like I'm in a dream. I want to meet myself. I once looked in the mirror and felt real, I was really happy to know that I was real, but after some time I went back to the dissociation Whenever I do an action, I feel like it didn't happen because I don't exist. I often force myself to talk to myself and it helps me to feel real but then again I lose myself. And due to this feeling, I often become extra self conscious/aware in social gathering and I end up doing awkward things because of that. I'm also struggling to stay with one personality, I want to be myself but when I meet someone I lose myself again, my mindset becomes like there and I even start speaking like them. I wish to feel myself and take life decisions from my point of view. I really want to see life from my point of view. This problem has been with me since childhood. Please tell me what's the cause behind this, what steps I can take further because I feel like a psychiatrist can't help me, I did visited psychiatrist but ( due to my past experiences instead of healing by consulting with a psychiatrist, I became extremely dependent on them and nothing changed. ) also when consulting with psychatrist I often see the world from their point of view and I feel as if I'm a therapist and I start understanding them, when I should be talking to them from point of view.
Dr. Muhammad Ayub Baloch | Consultant Psychiatrist | FCPS (Gold Medalist) - Psychiatrist
MBBS, FCPS Psychiatry ( Gold-Medalist ), Fellow, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Pakistan, Certificated Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. Consultant Psychiatrist & Expert in the treatment of Psychiatric, Neuropsychiatric, Drug addiction & Sexual disorders | Karachi
آپ نے جس طرح خود کو “unreal” محسوس کرنے، خواب جیسی کیفیت، بار بار آئینے میں خود کو دیکھ کر حقیقت کا احساس حاصل کرنے اور دوسروں کے ساتھ اپنی شناخت کھو دینے کی بات کی ہے، یہ یقیناً بہت پریشان کن تجربہ ہے—خصوصاً جب یہ بچپن سے چل رہا ہو۔ آپ کی بیان کردہ کیفیت میں depersonalization/dissociation جیسی علامات ہو سکتی ہیں، لیکن اس کے پیچھے anxiety، پرانے جذباتی تجربات، شخصیت و شناخت سے متعلق مشکلات یا دوسری نفسیاتی وجوہات بھی ہو سکتی ہیں۔ صرف آن لائن تفصیل سے کسی ایک diagnosis پر پہنچنا مناسب نہیں ہوگا۔ اہم بات یہ ہے کہ psychiatrist سے آپ کا سابقہ تجربہ فائدہ مند نہیں رہا، اس کا مطلب یہ نہیں کہ آپ کی کیفیت کا علاج ممکن نہیں۔ آپ کو ایسی assessment کی ضرورت ہے جس میں صرف علامات نہیں بلکہ childhood experiences، relationships، sense of identity اور dissociation کو تفصیل سے سمجھا جائے، اور treatment میں healthy boundaries بھی واضح ہوں تاکہ dependency نہ بڑھے۔ آپ چاہیں تو Marham پر میرے ساتھ appointment book کر سکتی ہیں، جہاں ہم اس مسئلے کو آپ کی اپنی perspective سے سمجھ کر اگلا قدم طے کر سکتے ہیں۔ ڈسکلیمر: یہ آن لائن معلومات عمومی رہنمائی کے لیے ہیں، مکمل تشخیص یا ذاتی علاج کا متبادل نہیں۔ اگر علامات شدید ہوں، مسلسل بڑھ رہی ہوں، یا خود کو نقصان پہنچانے کے خیالات آئیں تو فوری طور پر مستند ماہر سے رابطہ کریں۔
De personalization that you just expressed may be symptom of underlying anxiety . Identity crisis Is one of the prominent issues of the age that you are in . Get a detailed assessment from a psychiatrist . Help is available
AOAWRWB thank you for reaching out at marham. The symptoms you're experiencing are definitely stressful and impact how we function in our life. The problem is every symptom needs to be assessed in detail to reach a comprehensive diagnosis. Kindly reach out at marham for a detailed assessment and diagnosis.
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Ma'am, do you accept text based therapy sessions? Physical sessions might be a difficulty for me since my parents won't let me repeat any other session after my past experience with old psychatrist
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