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.

Yes and I’m grateful for it. I can see how scared people are who are feeling it more closely than I am.

Yes me. I Have been trying to do my
Hobbies etc but tbh it all seems a bit useless!

Yes I feel like I’m living in a nightmare where trump is president, Boris Johnson is PM and there’s a pandemic going on

Definitely feels surreal.
I feel a bit lost tbh. I wish that I had appreciated my normal life. I am concerned that nothing will ever be the same.

I do too. I also experience depersonalisation and derealisation when I am depressed.

It’s horrible when I watch something or read something that takes all of concentration and then when I finish the situation hits me again.

I wish that I had appreciated my normal life. I am concerned that nothing will ever be the same.

I keep feeling like this too, I wish I'd taken the kids out more, and enjoyed taking them to the park.

Yep, trippy as hell.

I lived through a period of martial law in a different country, although I was young and don't have many memories of that.

My parents remember it very well. It's brought back uncomfortable feelings. They said this pandemic is worse and even more surreal.

I lived through a period of martial law in a different country, although I was young and don't have many memories of that.

Me and my partner lived through a major crisis in another country. For weeks there were violent riots in the streets and all shops (including food shops) closed for fear of looting. Having experienced that I can say that it makes you stronger and more resilient in the long term. It also changes the way you see the world - we always have at least 3 weeks of food in our cupboards and have a plan B, C and D for everything. I think we'll all be changed by this experience but not necessarily in a bad way.

Definitely. I keep thinking, Imagine if last year someone had said - in 6 months time everyone will be scared to go out because of a deadly virus. You would have laughed in his face.

I think we'll all be changed by this experience but not necessarily in a bad way
That's a good attitude, I like that.

I am also feeling like I am in a dream, that this can't be happening - not really. A lot of people I know have said they are experiencing similar feelings of unreality and disbelief.

It's interesting that feeling like that is a psychological coping mechanism. I guess I'll just let myself feel however I need to, whatever gets me through this deeply, deeply odd time.

If someone had said to me 2 months ago we’d be in this position I’d have laughed. I saw what was happening in China, and did consider that it might kick off here. But never thought it would be this bad.

Birdie friend called it two months ago or something!
Look for the thread, I don’t know how to work my phone to post a link here sorry!