--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: I have this strange feeling that I'm not…" description: "\"I have this strange feeling that I'm not myself anymore. It's hard to put into words, but I guess it's like I was fast asleep, and someone came, disass..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0e/haruki-murakami-21_back-together_i-have-this-strange-feeling-that-i-m-not_2298297.jpg" --- # I have this strange feeling that I'm not myself anymore… ![“I have this strange feeling that I'm not myself anymore. It's hard to put into words, but I guess it's like I was fast asleep, and someone came, disassembled me, and hurriedly put me back together again. That sort of feeling.” quote by Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0e/haruki-murakami-21_back-together_i-have-this-strange-feeling-that-i-m-not_2298297.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0e/haruki-murakami-21_back-together_i-have-this-strange-feeling-that-i-m-not_2298297.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0e/haruki-murakami-21_back-together_i-have-this-strange-feeling-that-i-m-not_2298297.jpg) > “I have this strange feeling that I'm not myself anymore. It's hard to put into words, but I guess it's like I was fast asleep, and someone came, disassembled me, and hurriedly put me back together again. That sort of feeling.” [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. The narrator feels fragmented, as if his identity has been taken apart and reassembled, reflecting alienation and loss of self. **In simple terms:** Feeling disconnected from one's own identity. Key Takeaway Seek grounding and self‑reflection. Themes identity alienation psychological distress Mood melancholic introspective confused Type literary philosophical When to use this quote - therapy sessions - creative writing - mindfulness practice - support groups Key Concepts existentialism self‑discovery mental fragmentation Questions to Reflect On - What parts of yourself feel most altered? - How can you reconnect with your core identity? A Different Perspective The description may be metaphorical, not a clinical diagnosis. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Back together again](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/back-together-again/) [Detachment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/detachment/) [Emptiness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/emptiness/) [Feelings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feelings/) [Grief](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grief/) [Numbness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/numbness/) [Strange feeling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/strange-feeling/) ## Related quotes > [Everybody was on the same page. Nobody has really gone out there on a different musical journey. When we got back together again, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/everybody-was-on-the-same-page-nobody-has-really-gone-out-there-on-a/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [It is a mistake to keep the horse on the bit for too long. He must be relaxed at the walk on the long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nuno-oliveira/it-is-a-mistake-to-keep-the-horse-on-the-bit-for-too-long-he-must-be/) [Nuno Oliveira](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nuno-oliveira/) > [We are going to have to gather up the fragments of knowledge and responsibilities that have been turned over to governments, corporations, and specialists,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendell-berry/we-are-going-to-have-to-gather-up-the-fragments-of-knowledge-and/) [Wendell Berry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendell-berry/) > [If I can get that DAM trio back together again - "get the band back together" - and put on a concert of David…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-alomar/if-i-can-get-that-dam-trio-back-together-again-get-the-band-back/) [Carlos Alomar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-alomar/) > [It was as if I had thought all along I was a complete picture and he had revealed I was a puzzle and had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/it-was-as-if-i-had-thought-all-along-i-was-a-complete-picture-and-he/) [Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/) > [Becoming a strategic thinker is about opening your mind to possibilities. It’s about seeing the bigger picture. It’s about understanding the various parts of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-mckeown/becoming-a-strategic-thinker-is-about-opening-your-mind-to/) [Max McKeown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-mckeown/) > [You have a diasporic black world, and the only way to put it back together again is symbolic. It's like Humpty Dumpty. Whoever could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-louis-gates/you-have-a-diasporic-black-world-and-the-only-way-to-put-it-back/) [Henry Louis Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-louis-gates/) > [Purgatory basically means that God can put the pieces back together again. That He can cleanse us in such a way that we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/purgatory-basically-means-that-god-can-put-the-pieces-back-together/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) > [There are things you break that can't be put back together again. And Kashmir may be one of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salman-rushdie/there-are-things-you-break-that-can-t-be-put-back-together-again-and/) [Salman Rushdie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salman-rushdie/) > [I survived this torture which left me paralyzed for years. That's what that night was all about, mutilation, more than violence through sex. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tori-amos/i-survived-this-torture-which-left-me-paralyzed-for-years-that-s-what/) [Tori Amos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tori-amos/) > [Your heart is like glass, if it breaks, it's pretty hard to put it back together again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jared-leto/your-heart-is-like-glass-if-it-breaks-it-s-pretty-hard-to-put-it-back/) [Jared Leto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jared-leto/) > [We are like Humpty Dumpty and all these king's horses and all these king's men cannot put us back together again](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gayle-forman/we-are-like-humpty-dumpty-and-all-these-king-s-horses-and-all-these/) [Gayle Forman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gayle-forman/) > [ \[In Bolivia\] We want to overcome our historical problems with Chile. The sea has divided us and the sea must bring us back together… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evo-morales/in-bolivia-we-want-to-overcome-our-historical-problems-with-chile-the/) [Evo Morales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evo-morales/) > [There are people who haven't faced the reality of what has gone on in Iraq. They still think that the old central state is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-w-galbraith/there-are-people-who-haven-t-faced-the-reality-of-what-has-gone-on-in/) Peter W. Galbraith > [Work is style, and there is style without thought; not in theory, only in fact. When I take a sentence in my hand, raise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-hall/work-is-style-and-there-is-style-without-thought-not-in-theory-only/) [Donald Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-hall/) ## More by Haruki Murakami > [I always feel like I'm struggling to become someone else. Like I'm trying to find a new place, grab hold of a new life,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-always-feel-like-i-m-struggling-to-become-someone-else-like-i-m/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) > [If writing novels is like planting a forest, then writing short stories is more like planting a garden.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/if-writing-novels-is-like-planting-a-forest-then-writing-short/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) > [“The sad truth is that what I could recall in five seconds all too soon needed ten, then thirty, thena full minute...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/the-sad-truth-is-that-what-i-could-recall-in-five-seconds-all-too/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) > [“Intelligent teenage girls were often instinctively theatrical, purposely eccentric, mouthing highly suggestive words to confuse people.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/intelligent-teenage-girls-were-often-instinctively-theatrical/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) > [Memory is like fiction; or else it's fiction that's like memory. This really came home to me once I started writing fiction, that memory…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/memory-is-like-fiction-or-else-it-s-fiction-that-s-like-memory-this/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) > [The most dangerous creature here would have to be me. So maybe I'm just scared of my own shadow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/the-most-dangerous-creature-here-would-have-to-be-me-so-maybe-i-m/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) > [If you listen to the radio for a whole hour there's maybe one decent song. The rest is mass-produced garbage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/if-you-listen-to-the-radio-for-a-whole-hour-there-s-maybe-one-decent/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) > [“that one of our problems was our inability to recognize and accept our own deformities”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/that-one-of-our-problems-was-our-inability-to-recognize-and-accept/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) > [“When I look back at myself at age twenty, what I remember most is being alone and lonely. I had no girlfriend to warm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/when-i-look-back-at-myself-at-age-twenty-what-i-remember-most-is/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) > [“There's not a branch of publishing or broadcasting that doesn't depend in some way on advertising. It'd be like an aquarium without water. Why,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/there-s-not-a-branch-of-publishing-or-broadcasting-that-doesn-t/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) > [“One by one, I'll face the tasks before me and complete them as best I can. Focusing on each stride forward, but at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/one-by-one-i-ll-face-the-tasks-before-me-and-complete-them-as-best-i/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) > [“Eleven o'clock had come and gone. I had to find a way to bring this conversation to a successful conclusion and get out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/eleven-o-clock-had-come-and-gone-i-had-to-find-a-way-to-bring-this/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) > [“Some people get a kick out of reading railway timetables and that's all they do all day. Some people make huge model boats out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/some-people-get-a-kick-out-of-reading-railway-timetables-and-that-s/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) > [“When the time comes, everybody’s got to end up where they belong. Only me, I didn’t have a place to call my own. It’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/when-the-time-comes-everybody-s-got-to-end-up-where-they-belong-only/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) > [“You let something out of the bag before yourself knew what it was all about”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/you-let-something-out-of-the-bag-before-yourself-knew-what-it-was-all/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Explore all 2,928 Haruki Murakami quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) ## More Back together quotes > [Broken by hardships, disappointments and tragedy, people can become discouraged and cynical. But lives can also be mended. Put back together well, they won't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-goodier/broken-by-hardships-disappointments-and-tragedy-people-can-become/) [Steve Goodier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-goodier/) > [Everybody was on the same page. Nobody has really gone out there on a different musical journey. When we got back together again, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/everybody-was-on-the-same-page-nobody-has-really-gone-out-there-on-a/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [People are always like, Why did you and husband Carey Hart get back together? Well, we weren't done. And now we have Willow, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pink/people-are-always-like-why-did-you-and-husband-carey-hart-get-back/) [Pink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pink/) > [I feel like a big faker because I've been putting my life back together, and nobody knows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-chbosky/i-feel-like-a-big-faker-because-i-ve-been-putting-my-life-back/) [Stephen Chbosky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-chbosky/) > [There are people who haven't faced the reality of what has gone on in Iraq. They still think that the old central state is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-w-galbraith/there-are-people-who-haven-t-faced-the-reality-of-what-has-gone-on-in/) Peter W. Galbraith > [It's really weird to be in more than one franchise because an actor's life is so nomadic, and so it's a real privilege to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cho/it-s-really-weird-to-be-in-more-than-one-franchise-because-an-actor-s/) [John Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cho/) > [You can usually tell when a couple becomes centered on each other because they are forever breaking up and getting back together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-covey/you-can-usually-tell-when-a-couple-becomes-centered-on-each-other/) [Sean Covey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-covey/) > [It's a gamble. A band like Kiss, a lot of those are our audience but we don't do as much make-up. Alice would have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-s-a-gamble-a-band-like-kiss-a-lot-of-those-are-our-audience-but-we/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [For the world is broken, sundered, busted down the middle, self ripped from self and man pasted back together as mythical monster, half angel,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walker-percy/for-the-world-is-broken-sundered-busted-down-the-middle-self-ripped/) [Walker Percy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walker-percy/) > [I stared hard, trying to find a pattern. Thinking if I kept looking hard enough, maybe the pieces of the world would fit back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-rifka-brunt/i-stared-hard-trying-to-find-a-pattern-thinking-if-i-kept-looking/) [Carol Rifka Brunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-rifka-brunt/) > [ \[In Bolivia\] We want to overcome our historical problems with Chile. The sea has divided us and the sea must bring us back together… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evo-morales/in-bolivia-we-want-to-overcome-our-historical-problems-with-chile-the/) [Evo Morales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evo-morales/) > [All I know is that I have two choices – stay wrapped in blankets and get on with dying, or get the list back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-downham/all-i-know-is-that-i-have-two-choices-stay-wrapped-in-blankets-and/) [Jenny Downham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-downham/) > [Here are the things I know for sure: When you think you’re right, you are most likely wrong. Things that break—be they bones, hearts,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/here-are-the-things-i-know-for-sure-when-you-think-you-re-right-you/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) > [(T)he world is broken up into pieces, and...it's up to everyone to help put it all back together. It's about recognizing the spark of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-mass/t-he-world-is-broken-up-into-pieces-and-it-s-up-to-everyone-to-help/) [Wendy Mass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-mass/) > [See, that's the thing about second chances. It's two people that are there for each other and support each other and care about each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-kelly/see-that-s-the-thing-about-second-chances-it-s-two-people-that-are/) [Jacqueline Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-kelly/) Browse all 229 Back together quotes ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I have this strange feeling that I'm not myself anymore. It's hard to put into words, but I guess it's like I was fast asleep, and someone came, disassembled me, and hurriedly put me back together again. That sort of feeling.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Haruki Murakami" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-have-this-strange-feeling-that-i-m-not-myself-anymore-it-s-hard-to/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Back together" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-have-this-strange-feeling-that-i-m-not-myself-anymore-it-s-hard-to/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0e/haruki-murakami-21_back-together_i-have-this-strange-feeling-that-i-m-not_2298297.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0e/haruki-murakami-21_back-together_i-have-this-strange-feeling-that-i-m-not_2298297.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0e/haruki-murakami-21_back-together_i-have-this-strange-feeling-that-i-m-not_2298297.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I have this strange feeling that I'm not myself anymore. It's hard to put into words, but I guess it's like…” — Haruki Murakami", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Haruki Murakami", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "I have this strange feeling that...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-have-this-strange-feeling-that-i-m-not-myself-anymore-it-s-hard-to/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-have-this-strange-feeling-that-i-m-not-myself-anymore-it-s-hard-to/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```