Constantly feeling disassociated / weird

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Hiya , I’m looking for some advice really please. I have a 2.5 year old and a baby that’s 9 weeks and recently I’ve just been feeling very strange (that’s the only way I can describe it). Has anyone else felt like this ? The only way I can describe it is I constantly feel dissociated / like I’m in a dream. I’m aware of things around me but the only way I can describe it is a feeling of constantly being high. I haven’t been feeling depressed and I get support and help with the kids. My 2.5 year old is at that stressful age where he doesn’t listen but I haven’t felt too over the edge to trigger this feeling. For the past 2 days it’s been worse than usual. I don’t know if it’s ppd or possibly bad anxiety. I don’t really drink but if I take like 1 sip of alcohol I suddenly feel weird like very alert and the feeling intensifies I don’t know if it’s just my anxiety kicking in. It’s just a strange feeling that is very hard to explain unless you have gone through something similar. I would go to my gp but again it’s just something I struggle to explain I don’t know how I would even word it or where to start so looking for advice.

Does grounding yourself help? Being outside and physically touching a tree/grass/leaf? Or having your hand under running water?

Or going through a sensory check - 5 things you can see, 4 things you can hear, 3 things you can touch, 2 you can smell, 1 you can taste.

I don’t know what it is, but a chat to your doctor/Health Visitor could be a good idea - at least they might know, if it’s something hormonal for instance.

Sounds weird but I got a good idea of what you mean, so the chances are that someone with more knowledge will be able to identify it.

Hope you find out but meanwhile, look after yourself.

@SerenStarEtoile Yeah it’s very strange and makes me panic. I have blood tests on Friday and I did see them about it last week but they just said possibly dehydration but they don’t really check me through much or understand what I mean. I started drinking alot more water but the feeling hasn’t gone away. I was thinking yesterday if it could possibly be anemia because I did have a few blood tests before I was pregnant and had heart palpitations but they said my bloods were fine and then when I got pregnant my midwife said my iron has always been low and they should’ve told me and didn’t. During my last trimester it went extremely low but I didn’t take my tablets as they didn’t react well with me. So I’m thinking if it could be a case that my iron is still very low as I haven’t been taking tablets.