Extreme hyperawareness to existence and feeling like being in a dream constantly

Hi everyone,

I'm 22 and recently I've been struggling with something very weird and scary.

I feel constantly anxious and scared of everything but that's not the worst part. Out of nowhere I get flashes of this very intense feeling where I become very aware of my existence and existence of everything around me. My memories and everything is there but I feel very detached from life and universe, it's almost like I'm an alien but even that is a very bad explanation. I feel like I enter a state where I am here on this planet as a human and not at the same time. I just can't make sense of it and it makes me very scared but what makes me even more terrified is the thought that I will be stuck like this forever.

I also feel like I'm in a dream and whenever I feel somewhat okay I just get the most overwhelming feeling of hopelessness.

I am a very emotional person and have been dealing with social anxiety my entire life.

I researched derealization/depersonalization and although some of the symptoms match my condition I am not sure if it's what I'm dealing with.

I would also like to add couple days before I developed that condition I was at a situation that made me very anxious and I sweat from that anxiety like I have never before.

If anyone has experienced the same thing or knows how I can deal with it please give me some advice. I try to do some breathing exercises and eat healthily but I'm not sure if it's helping.

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