Psychosis

Have you ever caught your mind coming up with a completely ridiculous thought while the rational part of you just watches in disbelief, mildly amused? It’s such a strange moment: you’re both the director of a bizarre little show and the person in the front row, shaking your head with popcorn in hand.
Psychology calls this metacognitive insight—the ability to notice and observe your own thoughts as they happen. It’s that part of you that steps back and goes, “My brain is coming up with nonsense right now. I can see it, and I don’t have to believe it.”
When thoughts like this appear out of nowhere and clash completely with who we are or what we believe, they’re often called ego-dystonic thoughts. They can occur in OCD, but in a milder form, pretty much everyone experiences them from time to time. They can also come with hyperreflection: that intense, sometimes exhausting habit of analysing your own thoughts and every perceived little “glitch” in your mind.
Instead of getting pulled into the thought, we can keep some distance and watch our inner operating system do its weird little thing.
The human mind is a fascinating place. Have you ever caught yourself doing this? What’s the weirdest thought your inner critic has ever intercepted?
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Hi, my name is mhirschl. I'm here because I would like to share my brother's story on sudden onset psychosis, lyme disease, mold, and autoimmune encephalitis.

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My usual support worker has had to fly home for a family emergency (they live with me) I completely understand, i do. The person who is with me is lovely but I have found out that they are going to be leaving in a few days soon and someone else is coming too(I’ve already had another lady and we didn’t get on too well so that unsettled me a lot as I struggle with severe anxiety and psychosis)
That did not help at all. At the moment they are investigating why I am hitting myself uncontrollably too (just had an MRI scan so hopefully that helps) have no idea when my usual support worker will be back! It’s so so hard!!!
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Hi, my name is TwinklingCat3370.

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Since my latest seizure last week I have been feeling like I’m dying- ive been feeling really anxious and spent all night last night in A&E waiting to be seen by the mental health team due to worsening pain in face. They asked if it was my psychosis returning again (I’m hallucinating again) but I said I don’t think so as I’m taking all relevant medication but she said they don’t think there is anything wrong with physically which is frustrating especially as I felt like I wanted to vomit blood twice last week (but I didn’t). They all put it down to heightened anxiety levels since my seizure and that I need to do CBT and have talking therapy.
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My story is real is not a fairytale is my life experience. Trauma is real but I got distance to it after 4-5 years of pain and not being able to live.
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Last week Wednesday, I went into psychotic depression. I had so much anxiety about my mom being in the hospital. That same week I had a nightmare about my son that added icing on the cake. My son is 23 and I could literally see 3 years old little Andrew(my sons name) sitting on my carpet playing with his cars. My therapist of course didn’t see him or hear him. I saw black shadows on my wall and one off them got really big. I wanted to walk around my neighborhood usually walking helps my depression. By the lake I saw a sign that said “Drown your psychosis “ that would mean I would have to jump in the lake but I didn’t. My walk didn’t help so I laid in bed most of the time. My therapist and I had two sessions a week and finally I called my psych NP and she gave me 2 weeks worth of 15mg of Zyprexa. I take the last pill this Wednesday the same day I see her via zoom. So far I feel better but some paranoia is still here.

Did I have a hallucination or psychosis ? I have GAD AND have been having a flair for about a month . I left a toxic job and took a few weeks to recover and then I started picking up more shifts at my part time job only some weekdays and Saturday alternative Saturday . I realized my boss is a micromanager when stressed sometimes and there is this. This realization has sparked my anxiety again and I smoked and thought my phone was hacked , I visually saw an app called “ wizard of gourd” and thought I was hacked . I freaked out deleted some apps and told my fiancée , when I showed him my phone it wasn’t there anymore . Idk how to tell him I had a hallucination or psychosis from smoking and my anxiety levels not mixing . This has happened in the past in college and we started smoking again recently no problems but when my anxiety is like this the substance and my condition don’t mix well. I feel too embarrassed to tell him and also scared he will think I’m a lunatic.