I finally found a name for the “unreal” feeling I feel at times of high stress. It’s called derealization. I feel real but my surroundings do not. For example, my family (two very small kids, husband and I) went out of town for New Years.  We had a flight today and I did fine until we were at the airport. All the sights, sounds, people, etc made me feel panicky and “out of it”. right away.  This feeling came and eventually left once I focused on other things. However, after we got our rental car and started driving after a very long day, it really hit me. We were driving (my husband, not me) in thick fog and while we were on the freeway I felt like nothing was real. I felt like I was dreaming, but a scary dream. I felt a panic attack coming on. I feel ok now but that feeling when on the freeway was very trippy. I have been diagnosed with panic disorder and also have trauma due to a very close loved one taking thei life two years ago.  Who else deals with this?  I feel alone