Why You Feel Like You’re Watching Your Own Life From The Outside

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It usually starts quietly

You wake up
go through the motions
get dressed
talk to people
and from the outside everything looks fine

But inside it feels like you are just watching yourself move through the day
like a movie that keeps playing even when you stop paying attention

You laugh at the right moments
say the right things
but part of you is somewhere else
floating just a few seconds behind reality

It is not sadness
not fear
just distance
like your emotions and body are living slightly out of sync

What does that mean

This state — emotional detachment — is not weakness
It is protection

When your nervous system is overwhelmed for too long
it builds a wall between you and your own feelings
so you can function
so you can keep going
so you don’t break

But what keeps you safe in chaos
can also keep you numb in calm

Why this matters

If you have ever

looked in the mirror and felt disconnected from your own reflection
gone through a good day but couldn’t feel the joy
or found yourself pretending to care when you really felt nothing

then you’ve experienced this quiet split

Your brain doesn’t do this to punish you
It does it to help you survive
But when survival becomes routine
you start to forget what being alive actually feels like

What I would love from you

When was the last time you realized you were moving through life on autopilot
What moment made you notice the distance

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