What's wrong?

[Furn_93]

So, I got back from holiday today.

But I felt very very very strange. I didn't feel like I was at home.

I didn't feel like myself at all. My parents didn't feel like my parents.

I was very scared, and when I sat at my computer, I didn't feel as comfortable as I thought I would.

I really really don't feel like myself.

I'm pretty tired atm, and have spent quite a lot of time by myself, and the week's holiday was in the country with only my mum to speak to, and that was not very frequent.

I'm not schizophrenic am I? Whats wrong with me????

[Sapphire]

First of all, calm down. This isn't schizophrenia.

It sounds more like you are dissociating slightly. But do not worry, everyone dissociates from time to time.
You will benefit from getting some sleep and socialising properly with people again.

I can relate if this makes it any less scary!
I always find that talking properly with people is the best way to combat the sense of detachment.

[Kaleidoscope Eyes]

I agree with Carole. I tend to dissociate in times of high stress, and at the end of a vacation I think we all tend to be a little tired and sometimes overwhelmed. What you're describing sounds like what I usually experience.

Should this sort of thing happen in the future, try to get up and do something that requires you to focus. Talking to someone can help, as well as taking a walk. If you walk, be sure to force yourself to focus on details. Notice the cracks in the sidewalk, the color of the flowers in your neighbor's front yard, the license plate number of your parent's car, anything. Don't let yourself just zone out and go on autopilot. The more you involve yourself in the present moment, the sooner you can get back to it and feel like you're really there again. :)

[Furn_93]

oh thank god!

one things for sure, i'm a hypochondriac!

thank you so so SO much!

I really was worried. I think I have a self-destructive nature, and an over active imagination (what my mum said) and hence I put two and two together and diagnose myself.

I'll explain my thought process, might show why :S

I see a picture of my mum >> I think (as I would do normally) >> oh no, I have that thing where I don't think she's my mum >> oh no!

and

I'm typing at the computer (which still feels a little weird) >> I make a typo >> I think 'oh no, what if it was like... someone else made me type the typo?' >> oh no!!!! Schizophrenia!!!

this type of thing happens a lot. I keep sort of destroying my own thought processes, and then I think I have schizophrenia.. :S

[tomy]

You might just have lots on axsiety... Happens to me lots, But I also have OCD and have ADD .... Which makes me feel like that alot.

When I went to my doctor, he said it's just a build up on stress, Or you might just be home sick witch also happens to me quite alot.

Tom!

life is like dallor, you don't know how to spent it.

[INFERNO]

This doesn't sound one bit like schizophrenia. It sounds like at the time you dissociated a bit, not enough to be classified as a dissociative disorder though. Sometimes when our blood sugar level drops (including non-diabetics), we sometimes get a feeling of confusion. If anything, I'd say you have a possible anxiety disorder but without further information, it's hard to say as it could be other things.

[mRojas2000]

It does feel strange, but I enjoy dissociating... it makes me feel uncomfy sometimes, but I like it...
After all its a normal thing... we all at some point need to do it :)