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ryland595

Updated 1y ago

Feeling Unreal: An Existential Crisis

does anybody else not feel real? sometimes I will be doing daily tasks and have to punch myself just to make sure I'm real. I also do things like asking frequent questions I already know just to feel human. I feel like I'm the only one. any advice on why I feel like this?

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SconeQuailHigh

I do the same thing, where everything around me feels real but I feel very fake/out of touch with reality. I've been told it's a symtpom of my BPD which we appear to have in common. It's a really uncomfortable feeling!

coffeencigarettes

It's part of derealization, the feeling that you're not real. Every person that has BPD goes through it. I always feel like I'm spectating life, and it sucks.

Lexie_Wolfie

Sometimes I'll be staring off in to space and start thinking Maybe this is a show I'm just watching a show and thinking it's my life And the objective of the show is to figure out your in a show

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