Daily Behaviors That Reveal if You're Slowly Losing Touch With Reality

Is your "reality" actually real—or is it a curated version designed to keep you comfortable? We often think of losing touch with reality as a sudden, dramatic event, but it is more often a slow, quiet drift. What starts as a simple way to "switch off" after a long day can evolve into a permanent state of detachment, where the physical world feels secondary to the one inside your head or on your screen.

These daily behaviors are frequently dissociative defense mechanisms—tools used to bypass stress, boredom, or pain. But when the escape becomes the destination, you stop living your life and start merely observing it. In this video, we uncover the subtle red flags that suggest you are slipping away from the present moment and how these "innocent" habits silently erode your connection to the world around you.

⏱ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Talking to yourself more than to others
01:48 - Confusing dreams with real memories
03:39 - Forgetting important details of conversations
05:30 - Avoiding mirrors or reflections
07:16 - Hearing “phantom” notifications or sounds
08:57 - Getting lost in thoughts during social interactions
10:32 - Reliving the same memories repeatedly
12:05 - Overreacting emotionally to fictional characters
13:45 - Spending hours in virtual worlds without awareness
15:17 - Doubting whether past events really happened

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