@A MyDepressionTeam Member, I looked it up, and apparently it's a symptom of anxiety called derealisation. So that's interesting

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It's happened to me occasionally. Seems to only come out when I'm extremely anxious.

Depression can make you feel alone or not on the same wavelength but if we look at people many of us are going through life in the same way ,

Deborah, after all this time, I’ve come to the conclusion that feeling out of it happens to us for several reasons. First, our minds are under ridiculous stress and strain on a daily basis from our mental illnesses, making us mentally and emotionally exhausted! Second, I feel like the mind is trying to protect itself. If you’ve experienced trauma in the past, it could be a self defence mechanism of your brain. I also think that the constant exhaustion we put our minds under causes them to be overwhelmed, and not function as well. Another theory of mine, is that we’re never living in the present, focussed on the present moment, and so our lives start to blur into endless days of pain and sadness. My feeling of this symptom has improved somewhat, but these are only my thoughts, I’m not a psychologist!

Finally found someone who has the exact symptom that I suffer from. No one seems to understand...especially my psychiatrist, I keep saying "I feel like I'm in a dream" (foggy.) I have been on a maintenance treatment of ECT and I fear I have had too many. I'm considering stopping the treatments even though my doctors say to continue. They are not living in my head so how can they understand what I'm going through...if you have any thoughts please share. deborah