Does this sound like dissociation?

Sometimes it feels like I’m just walking through life but not really present. Like I’m detached from my surroundings and can’t seem to snap back in. I feel like the world is a painting and I’m only observing it. I don’t feel 100% alive, unlike how I did when I was a child. I know I’m real, but I don’t feel like it sometimes. I know I have motor control over my body and I can see it moving, but at the same time it doesn’t feel like my own. I feel the most real when I’m with people I like, since conversations are fun and I feel acknowledged. But when talking to people I barely know it just feels like a simulation, even though I know it’s real.

Sorry for the feelings dump. Does this sound like I’m dissociating? Or if it sounds like something else, please tell me too.

Posted May 4, 2022, 1:55 AM UTC

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