Confused

[Fire Fly]

This is taking awfully long time to write.

Since last week I keep getting states of confusion. My mind feels likes there's a whirlwind of air going round and round. But with no thoughts. I don't feel like there's many thoughts in there. About 3 people including my manager at work asked if I had taken drugs or under the influence. But the thing is I don't take drugs, I don't smoke and rarely drink alcohol. I feel so slow and almost like a daze floating around. I'm processing things very slowly and answering them quite slow.

I'm really not sure what's going on or what would help. How can I ground myself?

[EMH]

does it help by doing things that your body can feel, like taking a shower or standing outside on a windy day? sometimes that can help to ground us/connect body to mind. how about trying to think of something, focus your mind onto something. give yourself a topic to think of and try and think of it at points during the day. could be anything, maybe something you want to do or a memory you like
if you have a doctor maybe you can ask them about this?

[HildaOgden]

if you're feeling this way, how about mindfully drinking a glass of cold water. The cold should activate your senses making you feel grounded.

How is your mood at the moment? When I'm spacey and slowed down it can be an indicator that I'm a bit low.

[Fire Fly]

Generally I have I been feeling good compared to how I was when I used to be low. But now a days I feel emotion wise neutral as if I can't really label how I have been feeling as I don't hold emotions to thing that would normally excite me or make me happy for example my holiday next week or my wedding coming up.

I feel a tad bit disoriented, confused and very very slow.

EMH- I tried what you suggested but it's quite hard to stay on topic as it just comes and goes back to a blank mind. It weird because it's normally quite hard to get a blank mind with absolutely no thoughts and then trying to bring my thought back to that topic. So I'm using techniques I have learnt from dbt.

HildaOgden- I will give the cold drink ago. It makes sense and hopefully will help. My mood is "normal" I don't think I can exactly attach an emotion to it. I think it's different to being spacey. Because I do get spaced now and again but this is slightly different.

I'm very slow at processing what people are saying and often have to ask them to say it again and it takes all my concentration to listen and follow. I'm totally worried about what actually is going on. A few people ask if I have taken drugs and work basically said they don't know if I am or not. So I am totally scared to is physical but then again could also be mental Heath.

My mind is very cloudy with the gust of air and wind and my head is there but not how it is normally. I feel like I do walk but also float around because I don't physically feel myself walking and my thoughts when they enter the gust of wind seem to float. I'm so scared.

[Horizon]

This sounds to me (though of course I can speak only from experience and am not a mental health professional) like some form of a dissociative episode.

Grounding seems to be the way to go.
At home, I suggest taking an orange and keeping it in your freezer. When you feel disconnected and dissociated, take the orange out. Smell it, touch the rind, feel how cold it is. The orange is recommended and I learned this from a Trauma & Dissociative Disorders Unit and it helped a bit more than the usual grounding methods I tried.

For when you're out of the house, maybe keep a handwritten card that says the year, your name, where you live, where you are. Reference this and read it aloud to yourself to remind yourself of what's going on.

Take some time to sit and plant your feet firmly on the ground and focus on feeling them touching the floor. Breathe deeply and calmly. look at your surroundings. Pick a few things and aloud describe their shape, texture, color, etc.

Dissociation and its symptoms can indeed be very scary. If you're worried it's something physical, check in with your regular GP.

I hope this helps a bit. All the best to you!