Does anyone else keep feeling really out of it? Like this isn't real?

[AccidentsAhoy]

I suffer from depersonalisation quite a lot in my depression and I just feel like this whole thing is a film.

Like it isn't happening.

Then it hits me it is real.

It's just all so surreal.

I think I've watched too many films.

I didn't know there was a name for it.

De personalisation.

We've seen it so much on Hollywood films.
Maybe that's why it seems fake?

I feel like I’m in a kind of daydream or one of those nightmares that you know you can wake up from but then I can’t wake up. I’ve spent most of my adult life having day dreams about how I’d cope in an apocalypse like it would be an adventure. It doesn’t feel like a bloody adventure now. I Alness wish that I have just gone insane and that all of this is just in my head

I keep imagining going back 6 months and trying to tell people this is going to happen. I keep replaying the conversation in my head!
It’s so bizarre that no one would believe it, so it’s not surprising that we are struggling to believe it ourselves.

Yes totally, too much to process and can't get used to what the new normal is.

Yes, me. Every morning when I wake up it takes me a minute to remember and then it hits me, that this is our new reality. I suffer from anxiety anyway and it's taking every last shred of me telling myself to pull it together for my toddler to actually be able to get through it. Cuddling him for longer before bedtime helps.

I had it a lot a few years ago because of mental health issues. It is happening now, except it's a bit different. Now I sort of shake myself and remember that life at the moment isn't real. I mean it is real, but it's so out of the ordinary that it is like living in a dream.

I keep having a slight out of body experience like I am not quite connected to my body. I really really try not to think about it all if I can. It will get better but it's definitely very unsettling now

I’m self isolating from the news channels, news programmes, free online newspapers
Life feels almost normal

It’s worth it op..try it

I felt like this last week but I think I have accepted it now so it feels a bit more normal.

I almost have this sense of deja vu with everything that is happening. I think it is from films and when you would jokingly talk about how you would deal with a zombie apocalypse.

I had this weird feeling earlier when thinking about if you had told me on New Year's Eve that this year there would be a point where I would be desperate for the government to limit my freedom and liberty and force me to stay at home and not go out I would never ever ever have believed it.

I don't have depression but I know that feeling from the first couple of times I migrated. Culture shock I suppose? Pretty disorienting.

I've just said the exact same to dp.
How the hell has it come to this.
Half of me feels scared the other half thinks I must be dreaming.
Plus after reading some bizarre conversations on Facebook I'm unsure if I can even go in my own garden without being fined

Totally. I keep waking up and thinking no 'this' is real and 'that' was the dream, iykwim.

Yes, it’s totally surreal.

Even two weeks ago if you had said that this would be happening I would not have believed you.

It's like being in a TV show, it feels like the first episodes of a dystopian drama.

I look at the TV and literally just cannot believe this is happening. I don't feel panicked or worried so much as just in disbelief.

I just feel a bit lost.

I was at a gathering of around 40 people, mostly elderly around 2 weeks ago, all went for afternoon tea at a hotel.

Feels like a zillion years ago now, and it was only 2 weeks.

Yep same here. It’s like I’m not taking it seriously enough. Although I am and following all thee guidelines etc . But it feels like it’s not really happening. However I am v scared that in a short time I might regret saying that.

Yes very much so. It’s so surreal I’m in shock I think. Terrifying times.

Brave New World

It’s surreal and I’ve only been at home for a week. Feels like forever. Will be so weird once it’s over to be out again. Like a prisoner released from the jail!

I agree it's very surreal. Half of me is shitting it and the other half is wondering who will play Boris in the film.

Yep that's exactly how I feel. I keep saying 'but it doesn't feel real!'. I'm trying to be in the present but its so strange.

I don't think it will feel "real" unless you are sick with it, or someone you know is, or you work in a hospital.

Like lots of people for me it usually feels surreal. I am also on maternity leave so I didn't really notice a difference as much as everyone still going out to work.

I try to crack on as normal and am successful most of the time as have still so far felt safe taking the kids to the small quiet park behind us and for walks. Now I'm feeling way more anxious and am really fretting about my parents. I just want them to get through this okay.

Am also panicking about how long this will last for, and about how people will react with further panic buying and potential civil unrest. It is such a nightmare really isn't it :(

I wanted to be spending my maternity leave relaxing and making the most of the time odd with my small children. Least of anyones worries I know, but i am still mourning that too. And mourning the ability to take feeling safe and free for granted.

It's like watching Contagion or Outbreak. Next thing I expect to see curfews, troops on the streets in hazmat clothing and martial law!
Never thought I'd see this in my lifetime.

I think we should take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.