[JaySic]

Hi! My name is Elmeri, i’m 23 years and i’m from Finland!
So let’s get straight to the point.
I’ve had really bad anxiety for a month now and i feel like i’m losing control. I feel like i have lost my identity or that i dont know who i am, which is weird cause if someone calls my name in public i respond etc.
It feels like i have been split in two, like there’s my body and mind and then there’s me just observing everything. It feels really scary. My own reflection looks unfamiliar, some of my friends look unfamiliar and also my parents. Which feels horrible cause i know i love them so much but i just cant feel it, it’s like my emotions are ”flattened out” or that it feels like someone else experiences those emotions. I’m so scared that i’m gonna lose my mind and forget who i am completely. Even when writing this i get scary thoughts like ”is it me writing this” etc. So scared.

 

[Gos]

Hi! My name is Elmeri, i’m 23 years and i’m from Finland!
So let’s get straight to the point.
I’ve had really bad anxiety for a month now and i feel like i’m losing control. I feel like i have lost my identity or that i dont know who i am, which is weird cause if someone calls my name in public i respond etc.
It feels like i have been split in two, like there’s my body and mind and then there’s me just observing everything. It feels really scary. My own reflection looks unfamiliar, some of my friends look unfamiliar and also my parents. Which feels horrible cause i know i love them so much but i just cant feel it, it’s like my emotions are ”flattened out” or that it feels like someone else experiences those emotions. I’m so scared that i’m gonna lose my mind and forget who i am completely. Even when writing this i get scary thoughts like ”is it me writing this” etc. So scared.

 

[Gos]

Hi Elmeri,
Do you feel dissociating from yourself or the surrounding? It is most likely anxiety driven but it’s worth checking with an expert. You are not going crazy , be sure about that !

 

[coolwhip27]

Hi! My name is Elmeri, i’m 23 years and i’m from Finland!
So let’s get straight to the point.
I’ve had really bad anxiety for a month now and i feel like i’m losing control. I feel like i have lost my identity or that i dont know who i am, which is weird cause if someone calls my name in public i respond etc.
It feels like i have been split in two, like there’s my body and mind and then there’s me just observing everything. It feels really scary. My own reflection looks unfamiliar, some of my friends look unfamiliar and also my parents. Which feels horrible cause i know i love them so much but i just cant feel it, it’s like my emotions are ”flattened out” or that it feels like someone else experiences those emotions. I’m so scared that i’m gonna lose my mind and forget who i am completely. Even when writing this i get scary thoughts like ”is it me writing this” etc. So scared.

Hi Elmeri. Take a deep breath and resist nothing. There is no actual consequence for the fear, so it’s ok to be. I relate to the fear of forgetting something that feels important, but now I kinda want to forget all of it. As far as “yourself” goes, the actual image of it will always just be that, an image. So, you can’t lose your mind even if you think you have. In a sense you may be coming to many realizations about the true nature of who you are. Best wishes

 

[JaySic]

Hi Elmeri,
Do you feel dissociating from yourself or the surrounding? It is most likely anxiety driven but it’s worth checking with an expert. You are not going crazy , be sure about that !

Kinda like both, and yea experts have said that i sound completely normal and that there’s no sign of ”going crazy”