going crazy and in need of opinions - Depression Message Board

west virginia girl · 01-05-2003, 09:27 PM

OK this is going to be insane for the most of you to read but I have depression,anxiety and along with this came derealization and depresonalization and agoraphobia. But the thing is I feel like things are not real,like I living in a dream but I'm not going to go into all that again because I have on several other posts already but I just want to know from all of you whats makes life real?
I know this is reality but how did it become reality. What solid evidence do we have that life is nothing but a dream?

west virginia girl · 01-05-2003, 11:03 PM

ff,simby you guys I need some help here please

I'm not doing real well,it's like it came on all of a sudden again and the racing thoughts are here and my mind feels like it going to explode. Why is this happening to me?

[This message has been edited by west virginia girl (edited 01-06-2003).]

ffsmith · 01-05-2003, 11:11 PM

Because you never wake up.

If you drop a glass it breaks.
If you fall it hurts.
Gravity holds us on earth.
Water flows.
The earth rotates and sun rises.

Observe nature and you do get a sense that it is real

That is not proof but it might help.

When I started my job I was so nervous I turned my brain off.
That felt like a dream

When you are absorbed in a song or a live concert or studying and your brain is on it seems more real to me.
Having a plan or goals also seems to make the passage of time more real.

You can live
You can hurt people, or brake the glass or dig a hole or paint a room.
You have some choices and control that also helps to make it more real

Just thoughts…

ffsmith · 01-05-2003, 11:17 PM

Relax
You know you can feel better.

Feel this way for 1 minute and then stop for 5 minutes
Then feel it for 1 minute and stop for 10 minutes
Stop the bothersome thoughts and restrict them to a time limit

You know that your life is precious and that it is real… even if it does not seem like you can prove it.
You believe it.

I believe in you

west virginia girl · 01-06-2003, 12:12 AM

ff....thank you, sincerely thank you so much.

I am crying,just to see the things you typed makes me feel happy enough to cry as a sign of relief. Relief that the way I tell reality is real is the same way you do,that you can break a glass and ect. I'm just so fixated on the beginning of the world and how everything came to be and the end of my life. Thank you for believing in me,that means alot. I wish so many times that the people we talk to on here could all just get together. I would love a hug from someone that understands some of my feelings and thoughts. I don't know much but I do know that you all and my family are all that I have and I need you all so much.