Feeling of unreality has reappeared

[pearpickinporky]

This was the one side on anxiety I really didn't want to rear its ugly head but it has.

I'll try and explain what I mean, say you went out for a night and got really drunk, you wake up the next morning with a foggy head, thats how I feel.

And say for instance you went out all night, you never got home until 6am, its morning time but it still feels like night time to you as you've never had a sleep which makes the transition from night time to morning, well that is how I feel, I mean a morning feels different to night time or a Monday feels different to a Friday but all just feels the same at the min if you know what I mean, I think this is called depersonalization or derealization. Last time I had anxiety I suffered this feeling for 6 months or more, it was horrible, I can't remember what I did to snap out of it. And i'm baffled as to how a bug or sinus infection can make all these symptoms reappear.

Any advice?

[Guest]

Those feelings happen because of the stress response. Blood gets sent to the muscles in order for us to fight or flee and so less blood gets to our organs. Less blood to the organs means less blood to nourish which means they don't function as well. With the brain if there is less blood then it can make memory poor, slow word recall, spaciness, confusion, difficulty concentrating, difficulty visualizing...etc

And less blood to the inner ear can make us feel off balance.

We cannot make it so we never have a stress response as that is not realistic but if we can reduce the frequency of them then we can restore the functionality of the organs. The best way you can do that is to accept that you have these feelings and that you can live through them even though they feel uncomfortable and increase the ammount of time you feel calm by practicing relaxation techniques and using guided meditations.


Mike