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Comment on Do you ever feel like your life is "scripted"? Like everything is written by some entity controlling your life? Like you live in a fictional universe? Is this feeling normal/common?

DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

I don’t feel like my life is scripted per se, but sometimes I’ll be talking to someone and all of the sudden it feels like someone else has taken control of my body and is doing all the talking while I just sit back and watch. I have to concentrate to get back in control.

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slothrop@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
That happens large when I’m on 'shrooms.

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El_Scapacabra@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Autopilot. That’s what I started calling it for lack of a better term. It’s like my consciousness moves to the back of my skull and I’m watching myself interact with the world as if following a script.

For me it’s derealization/depersonalisation (I always confuse the two) caused by complex trauma. Any social interaction can trigger it so I tend to avoid people now.

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