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deimos · 30-12-2002 4:46am #1

Sometimes I get the sensation that everything around me is fake, its as thoguh I am watching it on a tv screen...... I beleive its called detachment, i think i see things moving and i get really confused, it never lasts more than a minute or two then i am back to normal, i would normally get this every second or third week, is this anything to be worried about?

phreak · 30-12-2002 4:54am

what the fuck are you on about?

i think someone in this thread may be very drunk or stoned or something, and its not me.

deimos · 30-12-2002 4:56am

and no i am not drunk or stoned at the moment, i get this when i ahvent drank or even smoked pot for weeks, it stlll just happens..........

Funky · 30-12-2002 2:06pm

its all fake, your the only real thing in the universe

Typedef · 30-12-2002 6:07pm

Well there you go buddy.

Smoking hash, dropping acid, yokes (read e), snorting whatever you can afford... makes you into a spaced out yutz.

Don't say no-one ever said, drugs make you into a space cadet.

Try orange juice and good mocha.
Cafe Sorrento or Coffee Society do good mocha... check it out next time you get spaced.

Sincerly
Buzz Lightyear.

DadaKopf · 30-12-2002 6:10pm

Hehehe, have you ever been walking down the street and saw someone who you thought was you but then you remember that he can't be because you are you? If you have you're in trouble!

MickRyan2000 · 30-12-2002 6:38pm

Originally posted by deimos
Sometimes I get the sensation that everything around me is fake, its as thoguh I am watching it on a tv screen...... I beleive its called detachment, i think i see things moving and i get really confused, it never lasts more than a minute or two then i am back to normal, i would normally get this every second or third week, is this anything to be worried about?

That's oxygen deprivation. You might have poor blood circulation. It's a bit like what happens if you exercise almost to the point of fainting- dream like state with a slight out-of-body experience type feeling.

Victor · 30-12-2002 8:10pm

Originally posted by deimos
Sometimes I get the sensation that everything around me is fake, its as thoguh I am watching it on a tv screen...... I beleive its called detachment, i think i see things moving and i get really confused, it never lasts more than a minute or two then i am back to normal, i would normally get this every second or third week, is this anything to be worried about?

Could be to do with stress and/or blood pressure. Are you eating healthily and getting some exercise?

A sudden change in blood pressure can slightly alter the shape of your eye and make stationary thing look like they moved.

If it persists, try talking to your doctor.

Silent Grape · 30-12-2002 8:40pm

i know what you mean. sometimes im jsut talking to soemone, and i feel like im a character in a play or something. like its not real. its very hard to explain. sometimes i get really freaked out by it. i used to start thinking things like yesterday is never going to happen again and questioning who i am and if im really real and whatnot. very strange

Neil3030 · 30-12-2002 11:48pm

What age are you and what height? Could be postural hypotention. I suffer from that. It's where you grow to fast for your blood pressure and it ****s you over in the head from time to time. Especially in stuffy environments or if you go from a lying down position to a standing up position too quickly.

You grow out of it, or so i'm told.

LegacyUser · 31-12-2002 1:27am

your advice is not needed.

nesthead · 31-12-2002 5:56pm

Perception: The everyday world is real.

Reality:The world is a hoax, an elaborate deception spun by all-powerful machines of artificial intelligence that control us.

[/joke]

serioulsy it happened to me once too, dont know why the hell why.

YoungNastyMan · 01-01-2003 12:35pm

nesthead you nerdass

thedrowner · 01-01-2003 4:52pm

Originally posted by DadaKopf
Hehehe, have you ever been walking down the street and saw someone who you thought was you but then you remember that he can't be because you are you? If you have you're in trouble!

i was going into a room the same time as i guy i work with was coming out of it, and we both went to open the door, with a huige glass panel, at the same time. and he got a fright when he saw me coz he didnt reealise i was there, he thought it was his reflection. this guy is tall blonde and male, and im short, dark and female. id love to know how he made this mistake....

anyway, getting back on topic, i think what you're talking about (original poster) has happeneed me a fe times in my life, but no where near as regularly as you get it.

Caesar_Bojangle · 01-01-2003 6:20pm

deimos follow the the white rabbit........

What age are you and what height? Could be postural hypotention. I suffer from that. It's where you grow to fast for your blood pressure and it ****s you over in the head from time to time. Especially in stuffy environments or if you go from a lying down position to a standing up position too quickly.

I get something like that, if i'm lying/sitting down for a few minutes and stand up fast or even casually, my vision becomes distorted and all i can see is white for anything upwards of 15 seconds. Is this what you are talking about Neil3030.

FreaK_BrutheR · 02-01-2003 6:32pm

Its often a side effect of depression.

Get a life ya damn drug addict

Moron.

po0k · 03-01-2003 1:23am

Originally posted by Caesar_Bojangle
deimos follow the the white rabbit........
I get something like that, if i'm lying/sitting down for a few minutes and stand up fast or even casually, my vision becomes distorted and all i can see is white for anything upwards of 15 seconds. Is this what you are talking about Neil3030.

I get the same thing Caesar - don't think it's the same as Neil's though.
i put it down to blood pressure.

Kell · 03-01-2003 1:21pm

Another possibility is that your life is so mundane at the moment that you feel like you're not actually part of it, that everything is just a repetitious cycle. As in you can be doing things without realising that you have done them or think you've done them when in fact you havent.

Another possibility is that you are f****ng knackered. I worked extremely long shifts a few years ago where your body just goes into zombie mode where there is no thought goes into your actions/reactions, you're just on auto-pilot. A possible remedy is to break your cycle of normal events and see how that pans out.

yellum · 03-01-2003 1:42pm

I used to get that after I was really fatigued or was sick for a while. You'd be talking to someone and its like you'd withdraw into your body and everyone seems to be far away.

Like you are looking out through another set of eyes. Tis Weird.

deimos · 04-01-2003 4:24am

yellum - "Like you are looking out through another set of eyes. Tis Weird."

Thats exactly what it is like, its like I disapear and I am just watching these people talking around me and to me, its like I've lost all control of myself but I still carry on as normal.

And to add to my problem, I had a strange experience on Monday night, I was lying in bed just about to go asleep staring up at the ceeling, next thing I saw smoke and smelt it, I jumped up out of bed to see what the hell was going on, and there was no fire or smoke. I was not asleep yet, but I could nearly swear it was real, I actually saw smoke and smelt it, my hole room was covered with it.

I was'nt droping acid, smoking pot or drinking or anything that day or the night before.I had a few drinks the saturday night but nothing other than that.

Gordon · 04-01-2003 10:13am

I hate to say it but I always heard that smelling smoke was a sign that there is something wrong in ones brain. Maybe you should think about going to a doctor if this keeps happening. It could be some kind of localised pressure on a part of your brain maybe, or a constriction of a certain area's blood vessels.

I'm no doctor but I think you need to see one if it gets worse.

deimos · 05-01-2003 12:44am

hmmmmmm, thats sounds pleasent...

i goto an ordinary doctor???

Neil3030 · 05-01-2003 8:16pm

Originally posted by Caesar_Bojangle
deimos follow the the white rabbit........

I get something like that, if i'm lying/sitting down for a few minutes and stand up fast or even casually, my vision becomes distorted and all i can see is white for anything upwards of 15 seconds. Is this what you are talking about Neil3030.

Sorry I forgot about this thread.
Yes that does sound like it. Although in my case i do not see white.

The symptoms can vary. I am only 6"3 so it is not that severe. I cannot smoke reefa or anything anymore because it lowered my bp too much on one occasion which caused me to black out. At least i'm assuming that that was the cause anyway. I don't know!

The fact that your distortion comes as a result of standing up too fast (regardless of what actually happens) would make me inclined to believe that it is postural hypotention.

I first found it out when I passed out once in school (nearly 2 years ago....remember when we got snow (Dublin) in february?) I came in from the cold and sat down by the radiator, suddenly felt sick, threw up and fell face first into it. Pleasent. I went to the doctors and he "diagnosed" it so to speak.

It isn't serious afaik. Just be careful when going from one environment to another, ie, from lying to standing, cold to hot situations etc. Also stuffyness has caused it once or twice in my case.

I'd say in my life (now 18 yrs old) I've only ever had about 3 or 4 serious cases, ie, actually passing out or having to go to bed.

Go to your GP or mention it to him the next time you are there would be my advice. You grow out of it anyways or so i'm told. Once You stop growing up, your bp will gradually catch up.

Hope that helps!

Gordon · 05-01-2003 10:03pm

Originally posted by deimos
i goto an ordinary doctor???

yeah, why not.

sunbeam · 05-01-2003 10:31pm

I've experienced postural hypotension every now and then since my mid 20s. Basically, I sometimes feel dizzy and start to black out if I stand up too quickly. I'm only 5 foot 3 (and have been since I was 12), so in my case height/growth hadn't anything to do with it. I never found out what did, even though it can be related to a number of things: side effects of certain drugs, dehydration, even diabetes. Anyway, it has become less frequent, as I've grown older.

All the same deimos, I definitely would mention it to your GP, just in case...

Neil3030 · 06-01-2003 9:00pm

Have you got low blood pressure, sunbeam?

sunbeam · 06-01-2003 9:49pm

Not particularly, but then I've never measured how much it drops by when I get the odd dizzy spell. My GP tried to do this once when I explained what was happening to me-of course I couldn't bring about one on cue. He said it did drop quite a bit when I stood up quickly all the same.

I actually have white coat hypertension i.e. I usually tense up when I visit a doctor and my blood pressure reads higher than what it normally does. After a few borderline high readings I had blood pressure lowering medication suggested to me by one doctor. However this can make postural hypotension worse, so I decided to buy myself a wrist monitor in Boots and observe my BP fluctuations before taking that course of action. They don't provide quite as accurate a reading as the professional equipment, but are useful nonetheless.

It turns out that I have normal blood pressure which spikes dramatically when I get stressed (as everyone’s does to a certain degree). Caffeine and lack of sleep don't help much either. It really brought home to me how much harm I could possibly be doing to my health, by getting worked up over stupid things. I've since learned to meditate (purely for relaxation purposes) and this helps a lot.

smiles · 06-01-2003 10:12pm

Originally posted by Gordon
I hate to say it but I always heard that smelling smoke was a sign that there is something wrong in ones brain.

Generally I take smelling smoke as a sign something's on fire...

<< Fio >>

po0k · 08-01-2003 4:47am

Originally posted by smiles
Generally I take smelling smoke as a sign something's on fire...

<< Fio >>

smart arse tbh......

Gordon · 08-01-2003 10:14am

heh... d'oh!

Big Chief · 08-01-2003 10:27am

im a fond believer of the phrase "theres no smoke without fire"

anyway, i dont think the original thread poster was talking about "dizzy spells" (when you stand up to quickly after lying down etc) or are you?

everyone gets the above to my knowledge?

DEATH CUBE · 10-01-2003 5:36pm

try meditating ?

that will cure almost anything that ails your brain

MrScruff · 13-01-2003 4:33pm

I once saw everything like it was a grainy lcd screen or something for a while, wasn't drunk or stoned...
Must have been the shrooms ;-)

Samba · 14-01-2003 10:56am

Deimos, just a question, have taken alot of Acid in your time?

If so, ever heard of the word flashback?

Typedef · 14-01-2003 11:00am

I don't get flashbacks... though... I am still a little tripped.

Actually I suppose if someone who has never taken acid or similar were to see the world 'visually' as I do, they would probably be quite freaked out.

Pity them.

Edit:

Flashbacks are over-rated. The side effects from taking alot of psychedelic drugs are that even though you are no longer 'tripping' you still have residual optical quasi-hallucinatory effects, which are outside the norm of simple after images staying on your retina.

Tripping from ye olde tabernacle of truth www.dictionary.com

psy·che·del·ic ( P ) Pronunciation Key (sk-dlk)
adj.
Of, characterized by, or generating hallucinations, distortions of perception, altered states of awareness, and occasionally states resembling psychosis.

Samba · 15-01-2003 2:52am

Flashbacks are over-rated

Personally I have never had one and never will, for one good reason.

But, flashbacks are certainly not over-rated to some people Typdef, it depends on alot of factors (as is always the case with drugs) a friend of mine had an awful one two years ago and believe me it was by no means over-rated.

I simply asked the question and I did not mean to be cheeky about it deimos.

Let me rephrase what I said...... Have you read in to the effects of LSD? and how it can trigger Flashbacks, which will vary from person to person in its effects.

Mr_Roger_Bongos · 16-01-2003 9:43pm

lol at phreaks first comment. Talk about killin it before it gets started.

About ur first mans problems. Truman show anyone?

meh

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