Feeling like a video game
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Does anybody with DP feel any of this?
*Your life is a PlayStation VR video game and you are part of it?
*Your life is a fix fate destiny all that stuff
*You worry what your brain will think next and worry how the mind works?
*You feel Your life is a video game and nobody else’s life is real like you have a life and see people however you feel nobody else is actually living and anybody living experiences there own “VR” video game or movie of life?
And if so can anybody give me any advice on how I can feel better?
Re: Feeling like a video game
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Does anybody with DP feel any of this?
*Your life is a PlayStation VR video game and you are part of it?
*Your life is a fix fate destiny all that stuff
*You worry what your brain will think next and worry how the mind works?
*You feel Your life is a video game and nobody else’s life is real like you have a life and see people however you feel nobody else is actually living and anybody living experiences there own “VR” video game or movie of life?
And if so can anybody give me any advice on how I can feel better?
Anxiety & depression cause a lot of self analysis so having thoughts about the meaning of life and fate is likely common. I know I had that.
I was a BA/project manager and that really got under my skin in my relapse. I felt that my life was a set of tasks/milestones. I spent at least the first year ticking off boxes every day.
I also had the "how to create a thought to move a limb" stuff which plagued me early on. Eating, standing, walking, etc. It even became about "how to create a thought to create a thought".
I found this is a stage of overthinking. Aside from the grounding you can try for DP.DR, Mindfulness helps with this as you learn to steer your mind away from obsessive thinking. Bringing down overall anxiety levels helps to reduce obsessive-compulsive cycles. Creating more healthy practices in your life that take you out of safe spaces and enrich your life or add distractions.