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Feelings of Disorientation...

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Hello everyone, I'm back again. Just when I thought I was over the hill for a while something else has crept into my world of anxiety...

You know the feeling you get when you wake up in the morning? Ya know, the whole groggy, not able to concentrate, disoriented and "not all with it" experience? Well it's almost as if my anxiety went searching for something to latch onto...

I'm began to think more and more about these morning experiences and, sure enough, the "what ifs..." began to flood my mind:

What if I'm going crazy?

What if I have some kind of brain damage?

What if I have a brain condition/disease?

All of these are actually leading me to feel nauseous and dizzy as if they are actually true! I get these worries to produce actually feelings of light headidness during the day and night etc.

I have this feeling of detatchment, like I can see what I'm doing with my eyes but I just feel like a zombie or drone :idea: As if I can't concentrate or comprehend what's happening or what I'm doing.

*Drum roll please*.......Is this okay/normal? Does anyone else have these particular thoughts and feelings?
 
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What if there is simply a problem with your sleep? It could be that you aren't getting as much sleep as you think you need. Why don't you just talk to a doc about getting a sleep study? I went and found out that my so-called insomnia was actually sleep apnea, an easily treatable disorder that I can fix by weightloss and a CPAP machine...WONDERFUL! (hate the machine, but I'm working on losing weight so I can hopefully ditch it). Don't let your mind jump to the worst possible answer...look towards more likely, closer related things that might be at fault. Tell your inner chatter to quiet down and just look at your symptoms, anxiety, grogginess. I feel groggy all day if I don't use my machine...it's hard to concentrate, i can't remember things. Losing sleep makes it hard to function and can also initiate anxiety. It's worth a look.
 
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You're probably right about not getting enough sleep (or being on a healthy diet), but when I do go to sleep and I sleep really well. I go to bed sometimes (normally) around 1:00 AM and get up at 8:00 AM to be to work (and I am definitely not a morning person).

I don't know if I'm feeling this way because of anxiety because the whole disorientation/detached feeling also occurs sometimes at night.

Could it be that my eyes are tired from looking at a computer screen for 8 hours a day at work? Because when I get home and unwind I also play games on the computer and go on the internet.

Could this be the cause?
 
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spending a lot of time in from of the computer/tv could definitely have something to do with it. I notice when I spend a lot of time in from the computer (like today) I just feel detached. I've been dealing with depersonalization from my anxiety. It's a disturbing feeling. I'm not sure if that's what you may have. Have you looked into it? It's anxiety/panic related.
 
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I experience exactly what you're talking about. About seeing what you're doing but not really being there. Being a zombie. Disassociation/Disorientation/Detatchment. All of that.It is normal but it is something you want to pay attention too. The more you become disassociated, the easier it is for depression to sit in and anxiety to increase.My therapist told me that this is that part of your spirit or soul has left your body when you have disassociated for whatever the reason. And anxiety is the wake up call that this has happened. Something to that extent anyway.If you work through your anxiety and the reasons for which anxiety came about with a therapist, they can really help and you will probably stop feeling so disoriented all the time.:hug:
 
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