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Anyone else get this weird feeling?

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DrierThanANunsNasty · 04/03/2022 21:14

Every now and then I get this weird feeling like I’m waiting for something to happen. It’s not like impending doom because it doesn’t necessarily feel negative, it’s just like I feel stuck in pause and I’m just waiting.

I end up refreshing emails constantly or checking the news like I know something is going to be there that I’m waiting for but I don’t know what it is… Am I losing it? Grin

YABU - you’ve absolutely lost the plot nun
YANBU - I get it too!

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nancybotwinbloom · 04/03/2022 21:17

I get this. Then it just passes.

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DrierThanANunsNasty · 04/03/2022 21:18

Yeah mine does too in like a day or so. It’s driving me crazy trying to work out what it could be.

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Darbs76 · 04/03/2022 21:19

Yes I sometimes get this too. It’s not a nice feeling. Not all the time

SergeiL · 04/03/2022 21:23

I had it this week. I felt very unsettled. I don’t think I have ever had it before. I even found myself saying out loud ‘something needs to happen’ and constantly watching WhatsApp. I thought I might be going crazy.

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DrierThanANunsNasty · 04/03/2022 21:25

Yeah that’s how it feels like something needs to happen. I’d love to find out what might cause it - at least I know I’m not on my own!

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TheRealMrsMac · 04/03/2022 21:26

You're a nun?

imnottoofussed · 04/03/2022 21:26

Yes I get it. Like a sense of anticipation but about nothing.

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DrierThanANunsNasty · 04/03/2022 21:26

Whenever I try looking it up it says anxiety, but like I said it doesn’t necessarily feel like I think something bad is going to happen - just that something NEEDS to happen.

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whambamthankyousir · 04/03/2022 21:29

No I never have. Sounds interesting. I wonder what causes that.

ponkydonkey · 04/03/2022 21:29

Over that sometimes... the minute I mute my phone and go and do something Dorset I come back to missed calls and texts
Usually a load of drama I could go without or is not my problem, so I ignore it

If I stay endlessly scrolling on my phone I don't hear from anyone 🤷🏼‍♀️

whambamthankyousir · 04/03/2022 21:29

I do get that homesickness feeling when I am at home sometimes. And feelings of impending doom which isn't nice.

SergeiL · 04/03/2022 21:30

For me, I feel something big (positive) is going to happen soon and I almost can’t wait. It’s quite specific actually - something to do with an opportunity for one of my daughters. I do feel it will happen. But I feel very unsettled waiting.

xXwhenwillitendXx · 04/03/2022 21:33

I get this, only about once or twice a year. Happened a few weeks ago, its probably everything going on in the world making your subconscious part of your mind run in overdrive.

RB68 · 04/03/2022 21:33

DH calls me witchy - happens all the time to me and I voice it more now he believes me. Premonition. I think I just read things well - situations, world happenings, people etc

AutumnOrange · 04/03/2022 21:35

There’s a word for it but I can’t for the life of me think what it is! Does it begin with F?
I totally get what you mean OP

nancybotwinbloom · 04/03/2022 21:37

I think it's down to being mostly busy and when I have nothing to do it's weird. Like I can't relax but relaxing is what I want to do!

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DrierThanANunsNasty · 04/03/2022 21:41

@nancybotwinbloom yeah that could be a part of it too! Feels like there’s some pent up mental energy I need to put to good use but I don’t know what for (other than refreshing my emails every 10 minutes)

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kookievee · 04/03/2022 21:43

I get this all the time.

Thought it was anxiety.

Daenerys77 · 04/03/2022 21:46

I think the Matrix is being rebooted.

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DrierThanANunsNasty · 04/03/2022 21:47

@Daenerys77 if only Grin

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SquishySquirmy · 04/03/2022 21:49

I feel like this a lot of the time.
It doesn't pass either, I just keep on feeling it for ages, until something does happen! (I don't think its premonitions or anything like that btw, it's just that a crisis brings temporary relief, rather than the crisis itself being related to my angst iyswim).

Paradoxically, I am great in a crisis, because I can be very practical and in the moment. But in normal times I am on edge.

I remember very early 2020 was horrible, with the growing trickle of news of a virus in Wuhan, there was that feeling in the air of "what if" and loads of uncertainty. But then in March, when shit really hit the fan and we went into lockdown and borders suddenly closed I got some relief from the feeling. Because something had happened!

There is a father Ted episode where he is in a crashing plane, and is very calm about it and that's kind of how I am I think.

Kona84 · 04/03/2022 21:50

We are all in a computer game and the person playing the game has pressed pause.

StarsAndSugarlumps · 04/03/2022 21:50

Yes, I got it at the beginning of the pandemic, and have it now too, but was OK in between. I can’t settle, keep checking emails, going to look out the window to see if something has happened, mooching around the house.

I do get that homesickness feeling when I am at home

and this too

Branster · 04/03/2022 21:53

I got this maybe 3 times in my life. As if I know something will happen, wait for it to happen with great anticipation, wonder what it might be, then watch my loved ones like a hawk and get in touch with extended family, then I worry what if something bad will happen and then it vanishes. And absolutely nothing ever happens! It's as if I'm catching up with the world or I'm waiting for the world to catch up with me. Some sort of reclaribation. I thought it was just me and I never mentioned it to anyon.

Nopetynopenooe · 04/03/2022 21:54

You are a natural witch. Embrace your talent.