Why Do I Zone Out Throughout the Day?
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- čas přidán 30. 06. 2024
- Got a simple, but great question about what might cause someone to zone out throughout the day. In other words, what causes trouble with attention? There are many different possibilities, as I discuss in the video.
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I zoned out while watching this .
Hahahaha me too
hahhahah me too
Right!
How to do it
same'
I think it’s anxiety for me then… I replay my failures in my head a lot I also imagine scenarios and conversations
Been there
I tend to zone out during movies and I don’t even hate the movies, I love them and yet I zone out 😂
Not me zoning out while watching this video😳😂
Fr though 😅😂
4:22 "and like or dislike the video as it applies to you" WOW something that I NEVER hear from other CZcamsrs!!
what I meant to say was SMASH THAT LIKE BUTTON
@@duffthepsych HAHAHA!! Btw, i did! 😎
I love that you gave depersonalization and derealization the recognition that they need. They serve a purpose, but it becomes very painful, when they become chronic and the switch gets kinda stuck.
I always forced myself to focus and listen to my teacher but I always zoned out like bro the worst part is that, you didn't know your zoning out and imagining things on your mind and missed some important lessons then you will notice it later that you zoned out 😭😭😭😭
For a few seconds I " zone out" it's a very comfortable trance, can hear or understand what I being said. But almost always triggered when learning new things at training for a new job.
Oh my god Me too...I learn/listen better when I zone out or Stare off into the distance...coz all I have to do is focus on hearing and I get distracted when I look at the person talking coz something might catch my eyes and I start thinking about it and i stop paying attention..
Why do people have intrusive thoughts? I was diagnosed with PTSD and I notice whenever something triggers me I get quite alot of bad/violent thoughts running through my head.
ocd probably dont self diagnose though, check ur doctor w/ it
Idk but i have them so much its annoying it goes from just basic things like idk breaking something to stuff that could put me in high danger like jumping of somewhere, Selfharm ,or harming others
literally me
@@elysian8823 I literally said I was diagnosed lmao
I too have the same exact experience. I think everyone probably has them (perhaps they just don't show it). I just think of crazy things to do like hurt someone or break something. I have learned as a Christian Catholic that these thoughts come from the devil and should not be acted upon. However, whether you are a Christian or not, just don't worry about your thoughts. You can just dismiss them or you could talk to someone you trust about them, to see if they share your experience also. Hope this helps! 😊👍
I zone out mostly when I’m with a group of friends I just start to get quiet and look away, sometimes I just look somewhere when I’m with my friends and then I walk there alone without saying anything idk why I do this all the time and my friends are like are u okay and it’s hard to explain to them why I just randomly left to go somewhere and stand alone for like 5 mins and it’s so hard cuz I just feel like walking away or not talking idk 🤷🏻♀️
Yes specially in bar or club will be a best option, when some ppl leave the bar and step out for a second or go to the bathroom it feels like heaven, talk to yourself or pretend that your talking to yourself when u step out, CZcams is also taking over the situation too . I used to go to my car and watch CZcams video while they were party indoor . Once the day is over it feels satisfying ,,,, and it's crazy because 5 years ago I am the party freak .
Same
I do this too. Cause most of the time when they are talking I kinda zone out and my thoughts is suddenly somewhere . Or I have other thoughts in my head that I only hear mg thoughts and not the person in front of me. So that kinda paints me dumb cause I zone out and sometimes I am sleepy I cannot hear anyone when I zone out they are like background noise in my head and I do think of something else ( just things I want to do amd create ).
im so happy you are back! i bet you are helping a lot of people who went thru stress during the quarantine, also doc can you talk about anorexia a bit in a video? when you have to deal with anxiety disorder and anorexia at the same time its really confusing it makes you feel hopeless. Hope you are safe!
Wow, I have every single one of these 😓 I so deeply appreciate the knowledge shared and the language I’ve gained for myself here. On my way to learning more about my brain!
Thanks for this. I didn't realize the part about pseudodementia.
I literally zoned out for a solid 20 seconds while WATCHING this lol
My teacher in kindergarten thought I had adhd, I zone out a lot in school but always thought it was being tired, I don’t think I have anxiety but I do repeat things in my head a lot, normally after I have a conversation with someone or in the middle of talks, and I forget what I was talking about. I also zone out a lot by just sitting at my desk doing work. It’s interesting and I might go to a doctor but I don’t know, you tell me if I should.
loving the new vids!
Thank you!
Are there levels of zoning out? I used to zone out such that I used to lose track of time while I was in school. Zoning out was also linked with some particular type of music. The type of music used to usher me to it (even thinking about that music). I had mixed feelings about zoning out good and bad at the same time but it was mild however significant and impactful. I'm talking about when I was not more than 10-12 years of age. Neither did I understood what that feeling was, nor did I come across anything over the internet that matched my condition.
Yeah. Very informative video, thank you. I had to replay the conclusion because I had zoned out the first time.
Why do I feel relaxed when I just stare at one place like for example when I’m eating my smoothie. And my mom says don’t do that. And my eyes just stare at one spot and sometimes open my eyes widely. What is that?
I don't know but I understand ...
It just being chill I do it all the time since I’m very quiet
@@JK79311 I don’t know if that’s zoning out or chilling
What can I do if I'm unable to find a psychiatrist?! I often find myself zoning out in the middle of my school lecturers. I wanna focus on the teacher but somehow I zone out without realizing. It's really frustrating. What can I do?!
I have the exact same problem, did you find out anything?
Happened to me 15 years ago in school. now i am working at Wendy'es lol
You should try meditation
Maybe try the basics, eat well sleep well and workout
Was online schooled for 3 years, never zoned out. Went back in person my 11th year of HS and have occasionally been zoning out.
Yeah I feel like my body is on auto pilot and it trips me out I feel like it’s a dream lol
I have adhd, and I've been zoned out for nearly 3 or 4 days, I'm usually hyperactive but I've just been completely had my head in the clouds, so much so that I didn't eat for the entire day till someone told me it's late and I should eat and just then I realized I was hungry
I have a lot of suspected mental disorders and a few diagnosed ones, I just go on autopilot or just completely have my head in the clouds and I forget to do anything
I feel disconnected from my surroundings I think but I honestly can’t tell that well I just feel like somethings off or wrong
I have a zoning out problem alot, like I have zoned out for a week now and even in some part of this video. I just wanted to know what to do about it and how do I know if I have ADHD? And if I do, how do I treat it without having to go to a psychiatrist?
When i hear people describing symptoms I have I start shivering
always zoning out since i was little esp in meal times and im trying to figure out how i can fix this...
Is it normal to zone out but, without thought? Like you just stare at something and thats it. Just zone out after that.
I experience the same thing and people ask me like "yo what are u thinking bout" and I reply by saying"nothing "
And they don't believe me ...
@@gyno_theeartist2566 broo same, it happens all the time. I can just be staring at something and just zone out no thoughts no focus just a blank mind until i bring myself back or someone says something.
@@adamhammet2662 yea 🤣💔 my friends are always asking like yo what the fuck are u thinking about 💀and they look at me funny when I tell em nothing ....and I make this intimidating ass face when I do it .... people always think I'm angry or depressed ....some said it makes me look unapproachable 👀💀🤣🤣shits fucked out here mane..
@@gyno_theeartist2566 yess sameeee!
Wonderful vid! Learned alot. I prob zone out alot bc if lack of sleep :)
Hi Mr. Duff
I have been diagnosed with depression ADHD and anxiety for about five years now. I keep trying to read and learn how to drive but I feel like I can’t get out of autopilot. It’s like I see everything but my mind is empty and has a block making me unable to truly comprehend things. What should I do?
I thought it's normal if you zone out, like I just look at something random in class and then I basically fall asleep with my eyes open.
Yup!
Nice video is there anything u can do to zone out less cuz im Zoning out like 90% of the time and that is really shitty cuz it interupts alot of things in my day and im in my exam phase and i cant learn propperly cuz im Zoning out 24/7
Thanks for the info Robert! Do you perhaps know more about derealization/depersonalization and would like to make a video about this topic? I’ve experienced this quite a lot, regularly, and quite intensely a year or two ago. At the moment it’s constantly like a 1 or 2 on a scale of 1-10, so it’s still there but not _that_ intense anymore.
I believe it is caused by the fact that I’ve had a stutter for my whole life, this had an enormous impact on my childhood. I’m thinking about going to therapy about it, can’t hurt right! :D
Take care!
There has been times there is a loud ass noise and suddenly I don’t hear it at all like I always have to rewind my tv because I don’t pay attention form zoning out I don’t hear anything and don’t even see anything it’s just like I’m thinking but I’m not in the moment I’m just not there
Doctor I always zone out when I try to think about a answer in school & when I zone out I stop thinking about the answer. So not asking for much but can u pls tell how to stop zoneing out everyday
I might have adhd but I have a low attention span so I zone out a lot, I thought it’s just that I stop thinking completely
I don’t know if I having adhd but I do have really bad anxiety I’m just 12 but my whole family realizes that I zone out and I forget what I’m talking about or what even what’s happening
For me, zoning out is a normal thing on a daily basis since i think about stuff non stop 24/7 whether its memories that have been triggered, or just random thoughts in general but I've noticed that I zone out while I'm either talking to myself or with someone and and I zone out a lot more when I'm overwhelmed, or when I'm just sad, I'm not sure why I zone out more when I'm upset but maybe I should try to pay attention to it and see why, also if anyone knows why it occurs or if it happens to you, feel free to let me know because I love connecting with others on this type of topic/ level
I can't count the number of times I zone out during the day. I didn't realise this before because it was very normal for me as it has always been like that. I tend to continuously look at a particular thing like wall, or a board while thinking about something intensely. Sometimes when I am listening to a teacher I start thinking about what they said at that very moment and miss all that they said next. It's really frustrating. I also automatically start thinking about something else when I have to listen to something important. When I am doing a paper, particularly a math problem, I continuosly keep thinking about the next step and commit a mistake in the step I was doing at that time. And somewhere inside my brain I know about that mistake bcz of lack of attention but my attention never gets diverted towards it and I never realise the said mistake. Tbh that's why I'm here. I want to know how I can programme my brain to be able to pay enough attention to the problem at hand and break years of automatic zoning out.
Not sure if this is exactly what I do. Since as long I remember I’ve been doing this thing where my eyes just lock on one point and it’s like my body shuts down. For others it looks like I’m just sitting and starring, but my brain is going full speed and that’s “where I am”. I don’t have any kind of memory loss- Actually it’s the other way around. My brain keeps playing scenarios that have happened in the past. But sometimes I’m just blank. Like a zombie. It effects my concentration, which really bothers me, because it hinders me from accomplishing what I want to. Just wish I could stop it, so I could live up to my potential. Does any of you know, what this is called?
How about basic things like getting enough sleep, eat properly and don't skip meals like breakfast or lunch, like so many school kids do. Your brain needs food and sleep to function properly. Zoning out occasionally is perfectly normal, your brain can't be at full attention non-stop.
You don't need to fill every gap in the day with phone browsing or TV. Give your brain a chance to wander sometimes so it can process all that input you give it everyday. Stop pulling out your phone as soon as you have a minute alone on the train or bus. Give your brain a chance to breathe.
Stop using social media apps so often because they can be addicting and kill your long-term attention span. You keep getting a quick 'hit' every time you flick to the next video, or every time someone reacts to your post.
This instant gratification is like a drug and you are training your brain to always look for the next immediate hit, rather than having the discipline to focus for longer less-stimulating periods.
There are so many day-to-day common sense factors to consider before you go running to a doctor thinking you have some kind of genuine disorder that's not related to these things.
I zone out like every 15-30 seconds everyday and Yes I was diagnosed professionally with Borderline Personality Disordee, it feels like I have dementia to others perspective, it sounds like the pseudodementia you mentioned in the video
I have this habit which I believe to be unhealthy and need to work on. Frequently, I go back and forth from fixating my eyes on my surrounding to not looking or seeing (My eyes are open and seem like i am looking at my surrounding from someone else’s point of view, although I am not) . For instance, sometimes when walking, brushing my teeth, when thinking hard, i catch myself not visually focusing on my surrounding, then i go back to paying attention. and so on and so forth. This zoning out visually happens most frequently when i am stressed and also idle. Sometimes when i watch a movie on tv, i find myself to have zoned out and i therefore have to rewind to catch up on what i have missed. Unless when i am doing something which requires focus and concentration, is when i look continuously/ consistently (like playing video games etc). This happens frequently throughout the day. Most of the times this zoning out happens briefly in short bouts and sometimes for a longer period of time: when i am stressed, idle, or tired. It is sometimes accompanied by mind wondering( ruminating about random thoughts) and sometimes no thoughts at allI. I am just not there. Its like being asleep but physically awake. I have been doing this throughout my life unintentionally, and this behaviour has recently come to my attention. My dilemma is whether my mindfulness to my surrounding should be consistent/ permanent throughout my day? I am confused and sometimes depressed as i Yearn to know what is the right thing to do. Thank you.
I have adhd and when I was younger i had the Hyper part I’m 17 now and it’s more of an attention issue now and I zone out way to much
The first sentence he said in the video, is literally what I’ve been telling my family lol, Idk what’s going on ;-;
How many times did.you have to restart this video? 😰😓😕🥺
“What are you thinking about” “are you okay?” (Snaps fingers to get my attention) “Hello!”
I smoked weed once and never again after 3 months now and this is when it started for me. Did it break my brain chemistry or something. Did I become dumb? I am 16. I just took one puff I only tried it and I got super high and almost got a panic attack maybe I did I don’t know what that feels like but I was hallucinating I will say that.
I want to go to a doctor. But my parents think I’m dramatic .
I think I may have adhd, but I can’t get my mum or dad to help me find out or get diagnosed. How do I find out?? (If I have adhd)
I zone out when I'm tired
for me usually it is stress...or anxiety but does not last long bcos I deal with it
It's weird for me when I zone out sometimes I get up and run for like a second and snap back I don't know what it is
I zoned out in the middle of my driver's license's exam. I failed obv and it sucks because i keep wondering the reason why it happened to me.
Anyway i had a panic attack right after and now, after a couple of days from the event, i don't remember anything.
Hi namaste from India
I usually get zone out ,I don’t even realise what I am doing I have been travelling And suddenly I realised I reached a different city and don’t even feel the transit the above was just a example I don’t know what Trauma I have been true I cannot identify that neither I am depressed I do not feel that there is anything which is going wrong in my life but somehow I do not feel what is happening with me I I have changed a lot I do not give importance to thing as I used to
I have to always take a long breath and then realise what is happening
just found out I have ADHD. :I tysm!
I zoned out 4 times at work yesterday. I could not see or hear anything. I had no awareness at all for about 10 seconds each time.
Okay, I need to fully comprehend what I just watched. Ummm, I do have quite bad memory problems and I have been told I have anxiety problems and of course the zoning out. This happens a lot during the day and It’s stopping me from learning properly when I am at school and considering my GCSE’s start next week I have a big problem here. I have been to the hospital once before to get a blood test (cannot remember what for) but they said I’m quite low on Vitamin D so I started taking supplements. I also started getting headaches before this too so that was why I went to the hospital. I now think that it’s probably just a screw up in my head and my mum and dad have told me before that it’s quite likely I could have ADHD because of the symptoms that I have described in the past before (therefore still happening now)
Jeez I zoned out a lot while typing this, lol, but my point is I have no idea what is causing this anymore so I just watched this and now ik I just gotta see the doctors again! Cheers
You brought up the vitamin deficiency and it's true that vitamin deficiency has a large impact on how you think and feel
I had to replay parts of this video because I couldn't pay attention to all the information. Come on brain, make it stick! make a stick... stick. Sticks are parts of trees, right?
oh right, add
sometimes when i zone out i dont want to i will be watching something, i zone out and i cant stop bc i cant really move i can talk and stuff but i zone out and get annoyed cuz i cant see what im watching lmao
I have ADHD and this happens to me all the time
i usually zone out while im at work but its only on the days i work super early so i think i zone out due to sleepiness
I zone out and I don’t remember much I once zoned out on the road and almost crashed havent road by my self
I have violent things rushing through my head when someone let's me down
Say these words in Arabic and those thoughts will go away “أعوذ بالله من “الشيطان الرجيم
I’ve been trying to wipe that smudge on my phone just to find out that’s something in the background. Please tell me I’m not the only one who thought that🤦🏾♂️
Literally me
2:50 sounds exactly like me so what do I do about that
I just zoned out watching a zone out video. Wow
What about autism? I have that sorta problem in my day to day practice time. I am a musician.
I got zoned out and forgot to "skip the ads" 😅
Adequate sleep as well?
Im zoning out as this is playing 😢
didn't know this was exactly me
Hey doc! When i starte zoning out i thought that there were problems with my eyes . So i went and told mom about it and shd took me to a doctor (an eye doctor ) and he told me in fact there was something and sent me to another doctor so that he fixes my eyes but he neer mentioned anytging about me having adhd or anything anf i always keep wondering why? Like is it not only people with adhd keep zoning out? Im really curious bout this and back then i didn't know that it's a sign of having adhd and I'm really confused
have you seen a neurologist ? Could be absent seizures
@@Nikki3b0oxX how can you tell the difference
I kept zoning in and out during the whole video. I am a lost cause.
I zoned out and burned my arm because I forgot I was holding a hot sheetpan and turned to open the oven with my other hand.
yeah..lets slap a name on it and pill up😉
Okay but why do I zone out when I’m driving . I’ll drive and keep driving till I realized oh I passed my exit like 5 exits ago
I have ptsd and I have adhd and it’s not fun I zone out quite a lot and it mostly happens at school like I won’t even know what’s happening and then all the sudden I’m like what was I doing where am I but it only last for like a minute or less cuz it’s not that bad but I feel like adhd and ptsd r kind out connected in some way with dissociative disorder
I also have social anxiety but I didn’t feel like that was relevant but some days when I’m at school it does feel like I’m on auto pilot like I can’t focus I freeze it’s like I’m not really thinking about anything and I’m more so just walking around going to my classes getting my work done just without thinking and it does get hard because like the next day or something you be like I don’t even know what I did yesterday or you just can’t remember as much so yeah it does get difficult
i mostly jone out during typing session🙂
I'm only 10years old and I zone out mostly in math and that's why I'm had at math
Bro what is wrong with me, I zoned out while watching this vid. even when talking to a friend 😟. That's why I search it here.
what if its absent seizures ? how do you know the difference . Sometimes i zone out while I'm driving my vision just becomes blurry and double and i cant help it . It happens in conversations even when i am full on paying attention . Happens while im reading or watching tv . Ugh its so frustrating.
A neurologist could help determine that!
I'm tryna Improve🙁
i zoned out on this lol
I find it concerning that everything is pointing me towards adhd and depressing
After 58 yrs, mines been diagnosed as TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY. Turns out, I've been challenged w this my entire life.
Thanks for sharing! There are so many different neurological issues that can make focus difficult. I’m glad you finally got some answers.
Thanks for posting this. I literally think this might be happening to me. Happens when I'm driving, working, even in the middle of a conversation.
O zone
i space out every few minutes and its annoying
Me too. Having fatigue will also contribute to this. Your whole body is slow it feels like you catch on slower too
Schools teach us zooming out
Who zoned out watching this? 😂
It bipolar
How
i am an INFP so it wont work anyways
What I am doing here? Why is an American’s life so complicated?
Let me guess, you're an INFP?
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I zoned out while watching this.