When people talk to me, its as if they fade out

>>17874572
Obviously it's not they who fade out, but you. Does the same sort of thing happen when you're reading a book - does your mind just wander away from the page?

It sounds like a kind of ADD, an inability to keep your mind focused.

>>17874572
get some professional counseling

get a complete physical

maybe your brain has chemical problems ?

we don't know shit here

op here, I can read and focus just fine. I'm a pretty normal person. It only really effects me when I'm talking to anyone. I can sort of describe it as if they are completely blank faced. Another example was when a lady I know at my gym offered me a coffee, and she even said herself that she noticed something odd with me and how I was responding. She said it was as if I kept forgetting she was standing right there. Not to mention, I live in a pretty isolated town, quite far from the nearest psycologist and I dont really want to waste petrol just for someone to tell me something I already knew.thanks for the quick replies though

It's your depression.

Depression makes you crazy in weird ways like this.

When i had a major depressive episode which i can confidently say i'm finally out of, people accused me of "seeming evil" or being a secretly a serial killer or something.

In reality it was a mixture of being unusually quiet and my depressive mind blowing these innocuous joking comments WAYY out of proportion.

That's what depression does. Of course you seem SLIGHTLY off to others because you are, and then your brain picks up on them sensing something negative and makes it a million times worse to you. And you spiral. And you don't know that you are even spiralling. You probably feel fine in yourself.

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>>17876035
How did you make it out? It just feels like im getting deeper and deeper into this hole.

I've had depressions and dealt with it all with psychotherapy and meds. I also have a self help cbt method I learned.

>>17874572
Cut back on porn/masturbation/drugs. Learn things and be active so your mind can wake up.

I have the same problem as you OP. It's pretty severe and affects my life, especially my job.

I have not gone to get officially diagnosed for anything, but I personally think it is ADD or related to OCD... at least for me. I am convinced I have OCD at least. I've had facial tics growing up, bad enough for teachers to comment, I go through obsessions, if something is not going right in my life I lose all pleasure in everything and can't focus, I get physically ill from worrying, I look over things I do several times because I don't believe I did it right like it's a compulsion...

I think depression is a symptom of something else. It's not the disease you should be identifying as the main root. You have a behavioral issue of some kind that is not being treated right.

Anyway, good luck to you. I am thinking about finally getting myself checked about it soon. Hope you figure it out.