Slap some sunglasses on her and Weekend at Bernie ' s her all over town . <| sep |> Wow I really appreciate the responses . Thank you ! I used to have terrible anxiety in high school , but I started taking medication and saw a therapist weekly , and that helped a lot , and it never really became a huge issue again , and my panic attacks went away . But recently , my anxiety has made a comeback I know it never goes away but this time it ' s a little different . In high school I was constantly worried about the safety of my loved ones , and I always thought I was somehow going to die any minute . I feel like now I have more social anxiety . I ' m always wondering and really worrying about how others think of me , terrified I ' m going to embarrass myself in front of others , and scared to talk to people . I hate it so much . But the Derealization was not drug induced . I do occasionally smoke weed , and I took shrooms a long time ago . It all happened when I got home from a movie . I was so consumed by this movie , that I lost track of time , forgot where I was , and who I was with . When the movie ended my sister drove us home , and the entire time I was on my phone reading about the concept of time I saw the movie Arrival , it was very good and how it applies to humans . Anyway , I got so lost into thought that I barely remember the ride home . When we got home , something felt very off . Almost like all of my senses were half asleep , and I felt very robotic . Even speaking was somewhat difficult , because my mind was going a thousand miles an hour trying to figure out what was so off about that moment . I then walked around and didn ' t feel like myself , I went outside and then came back in and sat on the couch . I watched my family talk and laugh and I could not believe that they were real . It felt like a dream . and at that moment I thought is this real ? . I started to panic a little , and I googled this moment does not feel real . The first thing that popped up was article about depersonalization , and how people can be stuck with that for hours to even months at a time . Then I really started to panic . I went into my room so I wouldn ' t make a scene in front of my family . I paced around my room looking at pictures of myself and I couldn ' t believe that it was me . Nothing felt real , and I was terrified in that moment that I was stuck in that void for a long time . I had a panic attack , and I was able to settle down a few hours later . But the whole thing was absolutely terrifying . When I tell my friends about it , it sounds so ridiculous that it seems almost made up . But next time this happens , I ' ll definitely take your advice and try some of your tips . While it was happening , distraction seemed to help the most . But panicking made the feeling amplify so much . It was truly awful . I wouldn ' t wish it on anyone