Where is my mind?

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I could not think of what else to call this so anyways I feel a bit better now.....but for most of the day I felt really weird. Its kind of hard to explain but basically its kind of like if I have brain fog but without the fog combined with feeling rather detatched. I kinda felt like I was here but not here and I think it was fairly obvious to others but I cannot say for sure. I have felt detatched before but not quite to that extent. Has anyone else felt like that? and should I be concerned or is it probably just stress related or something I should not over-analize and thus worry about in your opinions?

I've definitely felt that way before. I know that when I have that detached, clouded-mind feeling I generally feel restless, like I'm uncomfortable with people and my general location no matter what I do. If I get like that I try to distract myself with something, anything, until I feel better. Usually writing about how weird I feel helps. If I don't feel like doing that I'll just pop in a movie or take a nap. It usually passes.

I suppose its not really anything to be that worried about unless i consistantly feel that way for more then a day...but yeah it was amazingly hard to even function and I was easily confused about a lot of things like I went to a store to get a drink, chips and ciggerettes and it took me like 5 minutes or longer just to figure out what I wanted to do with everything as I did not want to walk to the bus stop with my hands full.

Well I guess it was not a one day thing, my next theory is its been really hot the last couple days where I live like above 80 degrees. So that could be what it is...if not that though I am not sure what to think.

Yeah you should ease up on all the thinking. I used to believe that you can never think too much and mental stimulation is always good, but the thing is overanalyzing isn't productive at all because it

a) Floods and clutters your mind in an attempt to tackle everything at once.
and/or
b) Gets you stuck in a thought loop.

This is exactly what makes analysis paralysis is so crippling and causes athletes to choke. What you wanna do is keep your thoughts focused and clear. This requires taking it one step at a time piece by piece smoothly and slowly. Don't try to block negative thoughts out, but replace them with more productive thoughts. You can't tell yourself not to think about something, but you can change the subject and focus on that instead. Make sure you don't just conveniently do this whenever times are bad since you should apply it to life in general and be clutch at all times.

Another important thing is to live in the moment. Since you have to take things one step at a time, you just gotta anticipate the next step rather than thinking 100 steps ahead of yourself. Thinking 100 steps ahead is very inflexible since going with the flow involves being prepared to adapt to changing circumstances at any given moment while thinking 100 steps ahead is geared towards stable and predictable circumstances. Life is inherently unpredictable and subject to change at any given moment so being adaptive is an essential life skill. Anyways there's more I'd like to say but this is it for now.

Yeah that makes sense...but its just rather concerning I guess.......I mean I am not used to feeling so detatched, A few times to day I felt almost completely seperate from my body which was rather bothersome and caused me a bit of distress when it hit me while I was walking across a street. But it could very possibly just be how hot its been outside, and I have been a bit stressed...I guess the best approach is not to freak out but just pay attention to if this gets worse or not.

Well that's strange, I've never experienced something like that before. I think you should seek help.

Well considering my financial situation I think I need to be absolutely sure its anything before I fork out however much they charge, though I don't know if I really want to deal with anymore mental health professionals...if it gets worse or starts interfering to the extent I can't get anything I need to done then I might go that route. But hopefully its nothing I can't handle