Posted by Racer on March 29, 2005, at 17:34:53
In reply to Re: OK what does this sound like...., posted by RjLockhart98 on March 29, 2005, at 16:26:13
That's not psychosis.
That sounds like anxiety, mixed with maybe something postural. Your distorted perceptions could have been caused by anything from -- don't dismiss this -- blurred vision, to that sort of "sleep twilight" you can go into if you lie on the sofa in front of the TV. (That's what I do when I get hit with depression and anxiety -- it's not a criticism. And I get a bit removed from reality, too, when I do it long enough. I tend to see it as akin to hypnosis.)
For one thing, psychosis tends to be ego-syntonic -- you're not able to say that something isn't there, that the voices are not real, because to you they ARE real. That sounds simplistic, but it's true. You knew that you were having perceptual distortions, so you weren't psychotic.
It really sounds to me that you're experiencing a tremendous and increasing problem with anxiety. Are you getting any treatment specific to that problem?
Hope that helps.
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