.. do you ever just come home, and the whole vibe feels off?!

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I know that sounds weird. Let me explain..

All day today I've had this really uneasy feeling. I don't know why and can't pinpoint it! I am happy in myself, nothing major going on in my life thankfully so really don't know why I feel this way.

I came home from work around 40 mins ago. Was driving home and the road I usually take was closed.. so had to do a u-turn on a country lane to go a different way and the entire way home I felt like I could smell a really strong and distinctive smell.. I couldn't distinguish what it was for ages until it dawned on me.. it was like sweet strawberry jam

I absolutely hate jam so it makes no sense haha!

Anyway.. got home and the whole house just feels odd. Ive been here for about half an hour now and I can't bring myself to leave the living room. The whole house feels heavy and dark and cold. It's usually my happy place and I absolutely love this house and living here, but tonight it feels awful. I can't describe it.

Has anybody else ever had this feeling?!

I don't know what I'm really trying to ask here. I just feel like I'm going a bit mad and wanted to write it down to get it out of my mind!

Thanks in advance for any comments :)

Diabetes? Migraine?

@Tempusfudgeit I suppose it could be either, you never know. I don't have diabetes - or at least never been diagnosed with it - but do occasionally have migraines. It's just I feel so weird I can't describe it!

When I’ve had similar feeling to this, it’s been because of anxiety. Like it was manifesting as this feeling of dread about my home.

A few months later, I’m feeling better about life and it’s actually hard to grasp why I felt this way.

My advice is to watch a comedy for a little while and switch every light on.

@LittleMouseOnTheFairy thanks for your message! It's the weirdest feeling ever! I think the thing that's creeped me out the most is the whole 'smell of strawberries' it's so random! The lanes I take to get home are
Completely isolated and nothing nearby for miles until I reach my little village - so I don't understand that whatsoever.

I haven't ever felt this way whilst at hoke. My home is my safe place and sanctuary but honestly right now it feels very very off.

I’ve had this feeling in the past. To me it always feels like there’s some sort of presence in the house when it happens. I also get the unusual smells and the unease.

Can you go back out for a drive, maybe get a coffee or take away and go for a short walk and then go home again.

Years ago I lived in a house and occasionally the landlord would be there at weekends but would always say. I remember getting home one evening and feeling that someone had been in the house. Nothing had moved, nothing had changed. There was nothing physical to indicate - but a feeling. And I was right!

I'd close all curtains and blinds, warm the house up, put some LOUD music on and maybe put on a nice smell like incense or a candle.

Do some slow deep breathing or having a bath.

Exorcise it whether it's you or the house

It sounds like migraine aura to me, but I'm very prone to migraines.

Could the strawberry smell be anything to do with the screen wash in your car? I have one from Halfords that has a summer fruit type of scent. Maybe a leak?

Do you have an impending sense of doom? If so it could be a rare form of food poisoning, often related to tuna, scombroid food poisoning.

Not the smell thing, but I have had this before and its anxiety related. The panicky doom feeling. Cant relax like I need to be on high alert. I also either completely lose my appetite or crave sugar (but in bland forms).

Sleep helps a lot. Being warm, forcing down some food and watching "light and fluffy" or comedy programmes. (Richard osmans house of games is perfect - cosy and doesn't take too much brain power but enough to be distracting. Honestly, get it on iplayer, put on a warm hoodie and butter some toast.)

Yes, this happened to me one night when DH was working away. I’d been talking to him on FaceTime and it was around 9pm when we said goodbye and when I walked into the kitchen/dining room afterwards (the place I spend most of my time in and my favourite room in the house), I just suddenly had a really awful feeling come over me, almost like I was being watched 😣 I even felt a bit sick and slightly panicky, whereas moments before when I was talking to DH, I felt absolutely fine! I have blinds in that room but rarely ever lower them as I like seeing the darkness through the windows (I know I’m odd, I just love dark nights and evenings, my favourite time of the day, especially in Autumn and Winter and this was in November) but this night I did lower them and to be honest I kept them down all week until DH came home. Didn’t feel like it again when he next went away but I can’t explain it, perhaps it was my anxiety? I don’t understand it though as I was actually looking forward to having the time completely to myself as he doesn’t work away generally as a rule 🤷🏻‍♀️ I’m a great believer in listening to your gut though…

I used to feel like this when I've been very anxious and having derealisation perceptions which is a form of dissociation. It occurs during severe stress or depression. It's a horrible feeling. I would put all the lights on and light the fire and make a hot drink. Putting the radio on helps as well.

I've not had this for a good few years now, but I used to sometimes get it a day or so before my period was due.

I called mine a "doom", and it gave me a huge knot in my stomach and a shaky, hypervigilant feeling. Funnily enough, maybe because I'm also terrified of going to the dentist, I used to sometimes smell mint at the same time!

I actually narrowed it down to times when I'd eaten too much carbs/salt. Mainly when I'd had a large bag of S&V crisps ("sharing bag" my arse!!).

A nice hot sweet drink and a proper meal used to work for me. Hope it's the same for you.

Full moon madness!

An impending sense of doom can also herald a heart attack. Hope you're okay now, OP.