Momentary disturbance of the mind

[Rockin' Rose]

First, I haven't drank or smoked or taken anything.

Weird thing happend a couple of hours a ago, I was watching a movie while all the sudden I began to feel that I was soon going to snap (it's a strange and terrible feeling that I've had few times before), I was able to get that out of my mind by concentrating at the movie but then I started to feel very tired so I paused the movie and went to get some juice and lighted a cigarette, at this time I felt very strange, for a while the whole existence felt very unreal. I finished my cigarette and continued to watch the movie, then I began to feel very stressed and vulnerable and I was repeating in my head "tomorrow when I wake up things will be better" over and over again until I calmed down. At the moment I feel a bit weird

Has anybody had the same kind of experience?

[Izzy]

It could be a mild epileptic fit - u mention u were watching a film, flashing images often act as a trigger, and a mild fit would leave u dazzed. Sadly several of my friends have mild epilepsy and have described similiar sensations/ losing track of time/etc - often brought on my watching tv. If it happens again i'd go to the doctor.

And smoking is never a good idea - could have been a mild stroke caused by smoking, take it as a sign and quit while u can.

Then again it might just have been a real bad film - i left War of the Worlds feeling sick and guidy and incredibly resentful at having wasted money to watch it

[Rockin' Rose]

Yeah, War of the Worlds was pretty bad

Forgat to mention before that the earlier times when I've gotten that soon to snap feeling I've been high, one of the reasons why I'm not doing that very often anymore but on those occasions none of the other things never happend.

Thanks for the info Izzy, eases to know that I'm not loosing my mind

[Izzy]

Thanks for the info Izzy, eases to know that I'm not loosing my mind

Dude, u check to see when a new GNR album is coming out - thats the first sign of madness

[Where is Hassan Nasrallah ?]

i thought that your were talking about a disturbance in the force.

[Evolution]

I get a similar feeling when im about to faint. Almost as if im not quite there? The snapping thing seems kind of odd. Like Izzy said, a Doctor is a good idea if it keeps on

[Sterlingdog]

What does the term "snap" mean to you?  Lose control?  Break things?  Hurt someone?

The first thing to do is always get checked out by a medical doctor.  Physical things need to be ruled out first.  After that, I'd talk to a psychologist or therapist.  Not that I think you are mentally ill, but according to your profile you are a 21 year old male.  Some of this may be sort of normal, but you may need to get those feelings under control before they escalate.

Also, talking yourself down is a great way to handle attacks like that.  But if you ever feel like you can't talk yourself out of it, you should get help.  I'm not trying to scare you, but I have some experience with this sort of thing and I don't think you should ignore it.

[Rockin' Rose]

Almost as if im not quite there?

That's kind of the feeling I had when things felt unreal, like I'm not sure if I or anything excists, if that's what you mean?

What does the term "snap" mean to you? Lose control? Break things? Hurt someone?

What the term "snap" means to me, it's very hard to describe, I feel it in my head and it's like a fear of loosing touch with yourself, your control, kind of like standing on the edge and your about to fall over and if that happens you have no idea what's going to happen.

I can control my self pretty well, no matter what condition I am, sober, drunk or high, I allways try to stay away from trouble, I never want violence because I don't like getting hurt and hurting somebody else is the last thing I would ever do.

[Jim]

The 'tommorow will be okay' thing is all I can relate to, though I doubt it has any relevance. I've experienced that on a large scale twice, being that I didn't have a clue what to do with myself, and knowing that tommorow it would be alright. Once was when I drank coffee for the first time in my life to finish some coursework. I had about 5 or more cups, and I went nuts. The other time was on the comedown from Mushrooms. Weird, weird feelings but I feel...

...Totally irrelevant.

I always question existence when drunk though, but, oh...That's not the same thing.

[Jessica]

yes, i did.

quit smoking..

If it continues, you know it's not tobacco.

I had to quit, i had a blood vessel clotering inside my brain last year.
I'm happy to be alive.

[Evolution]

That's kind of the feeling I had when things felt unreal, like I'm not sure if I or anything excists, if that's what you mean?

Maybe the drug use is coming back to haunt you. Isn't drugs known to cause kind of like flashbacks? Perhaps you need to cut back on things like that for a wee while?

[Rockin' Rose]

Just got back home from work and everything has been well today, I talked with my friend at work about yesterday,  he has some kind of a panic disorder and he recognised those symptoms as the same that he has had.

And if this happens once more then I'm going to go and see a doctor.

Maybe the drug use is coming back to haunt you. Isn't drugs known to cause kind of like flashbacks? Perhaps you need to cut back on things like that for a wee while?

I haven't used alcohol or pot for a quite while and I haven't planned on using pot for a while (and I rarely use alcohol)

[Sterlingdog]

It could be a panic attack, for sure.  It might help to do some reading about self-relaxation.  There are basic breathing techniques that could get you through it.  Its better than taking meds, in my opinion.

[Rockin' Rose]

It could be a panic attack, for sure.  It might help to do some reading about self-relaxation.  There are basic breathing techniques that could get you through it.  Its better than taking meds, in my opinion.

I feel the same way about taking meds, I'm going to search some info about this.

Thanks Sterling

[Mr. Dick Purple]

i thought that your were talking about a disturbance in the force.

Yeah but I think he should check out with the macmauls guys 

[Gunner80]

First, I haven't drank or smoked or taken anything.

Weird thing happend a couple of hours a ago, I was watching a movie while all the sudden I began to feel that I was soon going to snap (it's a strange and terrible feeling that I've had few times before), I was able to get that out of my mind by concentrating at the movie but then I started to feel very tired so I paused the movie and went to get some juice and lighted a cigarette, at this time I felt very strange, for a while the whole existence felt very unreal. I finished my cigarette and continued to watch the movie, then I began to feel very stressed and vulnerable and I was repeating in my head "tomorrow when I wake up things will be better" over and over again until I calmed down. At the moment I feel a bit weird

Has anybody had the same kind of experience?

That same thing happened to me right before I got severely depressed.

[Mr. Dick Purple]

Today I got so mad that wreck my shades and I almost wreck my cell phone Im very stress right now, and really I think today I just got a breakdown and I couldn't get up and started to temble my legs didn't response and I couldn't get up I have to wait like 1 minute to relax and wait for the pissing to pass by. It was really freaking out cause Im not a very mad guy.