Do you often find yourself getting connected to another world (books, movies, imagination), and then feeling discomfort when you connect back to the real world? Even if nothing really bad is happening, reality itself makes you feel uneasy. Kind of like the ' First Day of School ' feeling that everybody feels. You feel intimidated by everything around you.
I wonder if this is something that only SA people feel or if everyone feels it.
Something I've personally noticed: When I get into video games a lot, this feeling of unease with reality increases. But when I get off video games, the real world feels less intimidating and I have a easier time feeling comfortable in it.
Yes! I write my own stories and fantasies with characters of my own creation, and often insert myself into these stories as a character who is like me but has some differences. The real world never quite matches up.
Maybe more lonely than uncomfortable but there is a lot of overlap. Everyone is on a different wavelength than me and it's like there all phantoms to me and I'm a phantom to them. I can see them but it's mostly irrelevant. The truth is I'm alone.
I wouldn't say it makes me feel uncomfortable, I just feel sort of like an outsider because I have a hard time trying to relate with others. Since I'm so quiet, I have a hard time speaking to people or making any friends. I enjoy meeting people, but a lot of people find me weird. I don't even think I'm weird, so maybe I could be over thinking it a little bit. It's just hard walking around sometimes and seeing others with people, while I'm walking alone. It makes me feel lonely sometimes.
I don't need a lot of friends to feel happy, but I wish I could meet someone in my hometown who I could at least hang out with on a regular basis.
Some of the best years of my life were those when I was heavily medicated (albeit, with illegal drugs). :lol
It's nice to just not care about anything except getting high. It's a very simple existence. But eventually, the drugs don't make you feel good anymore and you have to face reality. That's when things get rough.
Reality can be scary at times . For instance the fear of being all alone and having to start over . Being dropped off at a homeless shelter that's real scary reality.
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