Staring Off Into Space

First find a way to develop your self awareness.

Staring off into space. Absence seizures are most common in children and typically don t cause any long term problems. What to do when you re lost in the anxiety stare 1. These types of seizures are often set off by a period of hyperventilation. You can feel disconnected from your surroundings get a sense that the world around you doesn t feel real or even feel like you re observing yourself from the outside looking in.

Once known as petit mal little sickness seizures absence seizures most commonly affect children between ages 4 and 14 but older kids and even adults can occasionally have them. Staring into space is a form of dissociation a state between being asleep and awake. Staring into space or looking like you are in your own world is one of the many signs of autism. Drowsiness staring off into space and losing your train of thought may be early signs of alzheimer s disease says a study in neurology.

No wonder some kids space out and stare into space from time to time. I sat at the back of class staring off into space when suddenly the solution came to me. An absence seizure causes you to blank out or stare into space for a few seconds. Usually autism is diagnosed after the age of 2 but if you have concerns about a younger child avoiding eye contact speak with your physician.

Stare off into space to stare vacantly or absentmindedly at nothing in particular usually while one is preoccupied with or distracted by thoughts of something else. Dissociation is a survival mechanism that gives the body a temporary sense of numbness to decrease feelings of distress. A person with retarded catatonia may stare into space and often doesn t speak. People with excited catatonia appear sped up restless and agitated.

Before you can snap yourself out of the anxiety stare you need to. Though most staring spells are perfectly normal sometimes they can signal an absence seizure. This is also known as akinetic catatonia. From other people s perspectives you might have glazed eyes or look like you re staring off into space.

They can also be called petit mal seizures. Skip to main content check your symptoms.