what's happening to me?! i need an opinion...

[luciia96]

Im not sure if this thread would go in this forum...

well, the thing is that i found out something quire weird... I have two lifes! and i'm not joking... i mean that I have my real life, and an IMAGINARY one, like when u are a kid and u have an imaginary friend... but not just a friend, an entire life... I dont know why I do this... when i realized about it I decided to stop it but i can't! I mean, I need it... and I also realized that in my imaginary life everything that goes wrong in my real one goes perfect...it's the life i wish i had... it's like i'm sustituing my real life for the imaginary one... i dont understand it... :S i feel stupid telling this but i need an opinion...

[Quick_Sylver]

Maybe a case of multiple personality disorder? But usually the multiples don't know whats happening in the other multiples..hmm. I'm not sure, but maybe you've been dealing with being a teenager this way?

[thedudeman]

your just dealing with stress, i do the same with music

[Syvelocin]

Wow, I was just looking to start a thread like this. I wanted to do a bit of research on this to figure out what's wrong with me.

I have no clue how long I've been like that. AT LEAST three years... past the elementary imaginary friend phase anyway... I do recall a few instances at about ten though. It has grown very heavy. It's almost like multiple personality to me, though it actually doesn't overcome my main side. It's just in my head, where my identity is different. I have a completely different life, different acquaintances, different background. Some of the people "I" interact with are made up, some I keep from my "real life," and others are celebrities (I know... =P). I'm in that mode about 90% of the time, snapping out only when I'm engaged with a family member or friend (which, with being an introvert, isn't often). I will actually physically act, taking care not to in front of people. Yet it's completely real to me.
The same thing, I try to stop as long as I can but it reels me in, addicting, and I rely on it. I've had a lot of trauma, it could have been increased because of that, but I as I said I remember a few instances of the same thing in elementary school back when my life was overall perfect.

Lol, I'm glad I'm not the only one XD I always feel crazy.

[Banana Stickers]

I wonder if this is relevant, but...
I've created an entirely different world in my head. I like it. I go there whenever I feel like escaping the real world. I don't think that's too serious. At least you have something to do while you're in a coma, haha. I think it's just a way you cope with stress.

[thedudeman]

i can tell from your guy's posts you have anxiety disorder, which makes soooooo much stress, which creates this need to enter a different world, yo i do the same thing, turn on some music and just let the problems fly by me while i stare at the floor and hallucinate(yes i do hallucinate), its just how i deal, and the worrying about it is just cause you guys are so anxious in the first place, if it interferes with your normal life or makes your grades diminish to shit then go see a psychiatrist, otherwise enjoy it man, its a gift to be able to enter a different state of mind on command, most people have to do this with drugs, you kids are lucky not cursed

[Jean Poutine]

i can tell from your guy's posts you have anxiety disorder, which makes soooooo much stress, which creates this need to enter a different world, yo i do the same thing, turn on some music and just let the problems fly by me while i stare at the floor and hallucinate(yes i do hallucinate), its just how i deal, and the worrying about it is just cause you guys are so anxious in the first place, if it interferes with your normal life or makes your grades diminish to shit then go see a psychiatrist, otherwise enjoy it man, its a gift to be able to enter a different state of mind on command, most people have to do this with drugs, you kids are lucky not cursed

You can't tell squat.


OP :

Go see a doctor.

This is not an e-diagnosis forum.

[Syvelocin]

I actually do have anxiety problems :O OCD and Social Anxiety Disorder.
It might be so though. A way to deal that just developed? It's sort of different than listening to music for comfort, but I get hallucinating. It just feels unhealthy to me... it requires no social interaction with anyone instead of her "friends" :/ It only increases my SAD and makes it harder for me to face the world, and it's a better and more interesting me instead of being myself most of the time. (I am myself when I'm in "reality," greatly, but I'm not in reality most of the time...) *shrug* I think I'll finally tell this to my psychiatrist tomorrow.

[thedudeman]

You can't tell squat.


OP :

Go see a doctor.

This is not an e-diagnosis forum.

haha, someones got sand in there vagina, i have similiar problems, i was relating to his, and look, he does have anxiety disorder(s)
seeing a doctor will just end up with him on meds, and i didnt know he already had a psychiatrist, he obviously should have told him this as soon as it started to happen, the psychiatrist(if a good one) will help him through the stress

my opinion, if you ever have anything concerning you, immediately tell your therapist, its good to get everything that owrries you out in the open otherwise it festers inside you and can create delusional thoughts or more stress

[Syvelocin]

SHE has told her psychiatrist (thank you =P) and the psychiatrist took it seriously, but now I feel even more crazy since she said that I couldn't continue with my old therapist because I would need a "specialized and more experienced" psychologist for my problem. Gah.... my mother doesn't know yet and won't, let me tell you. It's freaking easier to tell her what my religion is that completely counters and bashes hers yet I have to go with confidentiality on this one.

But she put me on Xoloft. So at least something's being done.

[thedudeman]

sorry, its good to know a girl going through similiar stuff(im a guy)
yo be careful about those pills, really be sure not to take to many, even if they seem to not be working just tell your therapist, DO NOT TAKE MORE, addiction can exasperate these problems, its what caused mine
you really should tell your parents, talking to them will help, MAKE them understand, im sure they will, i mean there your parents, they love you, and if there taking you to a therapist they obviously care about you.
dont feel like somethings wrong with you just because your going to a specialized therapist, its like when you go to a specialized doctor, its no biggie. there just concerned because you have strange symptoms and they dont want you to lose touch with reality, psychosis sux, dont fall deep into it, if you cant conquer it at least work on living with it and controlling it, i channel my psychosis into hip hop music, just distract yourself, take up a hobby, hell. take up a few hobbys AND a job, although try and keep some touch with whats goin on with you mentally though, this is gunna take some work
i rap, im getting into scratching dj, i beatbox, bmx, and hip hop dance, and im gunna get a job at the local hippy market, it helps me a lot

[Jean Poutine]

haha, someones got sand in there vagina, i have similiar problems, i was relating to his, and look, he does have anxiety disorder(s)
seeing a doctor will just end up with him on meds, and i didnt know he already had a psychiatrist, he obviously should have told him this as soon as it started to happen, the psychiatrist(if a good one) will help him through the stress

Before you waste more of anyone's time with your asinine diatribes, learn to read. I was clearly addressing the OP and some other random guy I wasn't even talking to chimed in. OP never came back claiming she has what you're trying to tack on her. Thus, congratulations, you've proven nothing.

Even if it weren't so...

You are not qualified to hold any diagnosis or even the smallest hypothesis. As much as you think your experience is similar to hers, the intricacities of the human mind obviously escape you. I could relate to classical autistic people, borderline personality disorder sufferers, schizoid people, und vieles mehr, and try to tack on my diagnosis on each of them and I would be not only wrong, but leading them on a dangerous, slippery slope if they try to fix themselves, without expert help, what I said I thought they had because I have "kinda the same thing but not really".

I'm trying to keep your irresponsible little self from causing more damage to this person than necessary. If you want to talk to the random guy take it to PMs. If I must be uncout and harsh to deliver my message home, so be it. Don't play guesstimate with other people's mental health.

[thedudeman]

Before you waste more of anyone's time with your asinine diatribes, learn to read. I was clearly addressing the OP and some other random guy I wasn't even talking to chimed in. OP never came back claiming she has what you're trying to tack on her. Thus, congratulations, you've proven nothing.

Even if it weren't so...

You are not qualified to hold any diagnosis or even the smallest hypothesis. As much as you think your experience is similar to hers, the intricacities of the human mind obviously escape you. I could relate to classical autistic people, borderline personality disorder sufferers, schizoid people, und vieles mehr, and try to tack on my diagnosis on each of them and I would be not only wrong, but leading them on a dangerous, slippery slope if they try to fix themselves, without expert help, what I said I thought they had because I have "kinda the same thing but not really".

I'm trying to keep your irresponsible little self from causing more damage to this person than necessary. If you want to talk to the random guy take it to PMs. If I must be uncout and harsh to deliver my message home, so be it. Don't play guesstimate with other people's mental health.

good point
im not really sure what else i would do when someone has a question with a problem that ive had similiar problems, i tell em go see a therapist, they say, im to broke
thats when i try and give them advice, plus my advice wasnt destructive, i told her to get a hobby and to not worry and to not see it as there worst enemy, sounds like good advice to me

[Jean Poutine]

good point
im not really sure what else i would do when someone has a question with a problem that ive had similiar problems, i tell em go see a therapist, they say, im to broke
thats when i try and give them advice, plus my advice wasnt destructive, i told her to get a hobby and to not worry and to not see it as there worst enemy, sounds like good advice to me

Glad you agree. However, similar is not the same. I'm just trying to save you the trouble of getting out of a pitfall.

Something that seems benign can be all the opposite. Or sometimes it's the other way around. I tend to be an hysterical, overprotective meanie but my motto is "better safe than sorry". I'm not trying to keep you from helping, or relating, in fact one person in this topic knows what she's got, feel free to relate with her all you want. Just, IMO, not the original poster.

[luciia96]

Wow I thought I was completely insane but I see there r other people who do da same... Is good to know that, I hope I'll have left my imaginary world be4 I'm too old LOL

[Syvelocin]

Wow I thought I was completely insane but I see there r other people who do da same... Is good to know that, I hope I'll have left my imaginary world be4 I'm too old LOL

I know, right? It feels somewhat stupid when I tried to explain it, but then I'm so dependent on it... eventually, I'd like to face reality =P

[luciia96]

I know, right? It feels somewhat stupid when I tried to explain it, but then I'm so dependent on it... eventually, I'd like to face reality =P


yeah it's like u wanna stop it because it's weird (and I feel so stupid when I think about it) but when u try to stop It you realize you need it... you love It and you hate it at the same time...

[Syvelocin]

yeah it's like u wanna stop it because it's weird (and I feel so stupid when I think about it) but when u try to stop It you realize you need it... you love It and you hate it at the same time...

Yeah, precisely. And for me, I have gotten to the point that I mix up what is her and what is me. Just simple things. Then I remember later and realize I lied about something, even though at the time it sounded true. Like, she has a boyfriend, as I do not, and I completely think I do. I can carry an entire conversation with a friend about him without realizing it. Overestimating one of my abilities but she is that great, piano or something, where I teach myself and I have only been playing a year, and she has been for ten years.

Ha, this is cool, to meet someone with the same thing :)

[Permanence]

Sounds a little like you're dissociating. But yes, no one can make a diagnosis here and seeing as you've told your therapist, she/he will come to a solid diagnosis soon.