if this is normal or not

The new semester has started after I graduated last year and as of now everything seems so fake to me. I know the last year has happened but it doesn't feel like it. I wonder if it's something more or if it's just the adjustment.

Normally I wouldn't be concerned but I've also felt as if I'm not real either. In the past it's happened rarely like once or twice and was for a short amount of time (also it happened spontaneously), but now it's happening frequently where I think I'm not real. This might however be due to people comparing me to them, even the said person saying that I act just like them (older relitive so they don't mind).

I thought these were just due to isolation but when I went into school the feelings didn't go away, but I'm starting in a new school with no friends so i don't know how much school would help.

Can anyone relate to this? I've looked online before and can't find anything.

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  • I can totally relate to this.  Sometimes, I believe that my life is just a dream and nothing exists, including myself.  I think this thought occurs whenever I feel very anxious.  Then, I tend to go down this path thinking that I’m not here and everything around me is fictitious.  So, maybe taking 10 deep breaths whenever you notice your anxiety levels increasing might prevent the thought coming in to your head that you are not real.

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  • I can totally relate to this.  Sometimes, I believe that my life is just a dream and nothing exists, including myself.  I think this thought occurs whenever I feel very anxious.  Then, I tend to go down this path thinking that I’m not here and everything around me is fictitious.  So, maybe taking 10 deep breaths whenever you notice your anxiety levels increasing might prevent the thought coming in to your head that you are not real.

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