Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021 (Eastern Time) and beginning April 20th, 2021 (Eastern Time) the Yahoo Answers website will be in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.
Trending News
Returning back to reality?
I just realised this "feeling" of mine when I get off the computer, TV and internet among others. I know that this feeling in not unique to me although I haven't found anything close to it on the internet but here goes.
Whenever I get caught up in to one of the three things I mentioned above for like hours I lose sense of time. But that's not it, the feeling happens after. After I am done with whatever I was doing, I get the feeling that I was not in my body the whole time afterwards.
Like when I watch movies on the TV and I finish then "something" gets reeled back into my body sort of. As if I was just smacked right back into my body and the present reality itself. Then same goes when I finish using the internet/computer.
Anyone have this "feeling" before?
3 Answers
- wishnuwelltooLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Well often times people who suffer trauma are told to watch TV, do the internet, or play video games to that they can zone out or take a mental break from the anxiety of their trauma. It is like an escape from the trauma of their lives, but like you said, when it is over, reality comes back. You also have to consider what you are watching or reading, that might be fueling your issues. So if a person has a trauma from violence, they shouldn't be watching TV shows or reading books that are of a violent or crime nature, because that fuels the anxiety more, without them realizing it. Sometimes people zone out because they have a problem they don't know how to deal with. You see this in marriages a lot. One person will zone out, shut down, shut out the other person, because they can't talk to them about what is upsetting them. It is hard to guess what is causing this for you.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
I totally relate to what your saying. I'm constantly feeling that. I also get a feeling that is somewhat different but somewhat similar as well. When i'm in a situation where i want to do something but i know that if i did it would be wrong of me i see myself doing it in my mind but i'm not really sure if i really did do it and if it's something that would be very odd and the people around me act as if nothing had happened i get so paranoid that they're just blowing it off. I don't know what causes it though but i find that it tends to happen more when i'm thinking more internally. Like i'm functioning on the outside but on the inside i have my mind on other things. Like i could be washing the dishes but in my mind i'm imagining that i'm doing something completely different like playing a guitar or walking the dog. It starts off as just a thought but i guess i get carried away because when i'm done with what i'm doing it feels so surreal like it was a dream or i was in trance. I don't know if it's normal or healthy but if it's not interfering with your life and your ability to get things done i wouldn't think of it as a problem.