question about words for very short term psychosis

[kossai]

crosspost from tumblr , for personal reference purposes .

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would anyone happen to know if very short term experience - like , hours - still fall under name of psychosis ? this is something where kossai is unsure , and searches do not seem to recognise . do not like to speak much of these experiences as feel very personal and vulnerable , but in short - 

ever since near death trauma , kossai occasionally experience these episodes . certain triggers usually precede these , so sometimes able to avoid . these episodes can include minor hallucinations , delusions , lack of clarity in thought and language , and sort of disconnect between feelings and reality . these episodes can sometimes be intense and bring up certain risks , but not necessarily - and again , these last for only hours , just start to gradually fade away until back at baseline . 

kossai do not classify anything else in life under these frameworks - just not feel accurate or helpful . if anything , these short term experiences demonstrate to kossai just how different everyday life is . just happen to grow up pagan - things which others often consider to be out of question religiously and spiritually just natural conclusion for kossai . 

in any case , not worry if experience " valid " or not - obviously valid and able to happen , because this is what kossai experience . rather , curious what words might help to best discuss experience . even something like short term psychosis feel not quite accurate - this is something which can trigger and recur , but also only last for hours , not days or weeks . 

appreciate any input :)

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in answer to post about diagnostic term BLIPS - brief/limited intermittent psychotic symptoms :

hmm ! yeah , feeling-reality disconnect is probably hardest part to explain ... say for example , laugh at things that really should not be funny at all , or just feel nothing about something that would usually feel intense . did also at one point have internal conversation with auditory hallucination , but gradually get less and less answer , and realise this person was not real after all . was actually kind of sad about that !

so again , not necessarily at risk or total distress during these episodes - some aspects can be calm , or even comfort . but when things do get bad , can get pretty bad - where lifelong clinical zoanthropes and folks with cotards might find comfort and peace in embrace as core identity , feel this would increase risk for kossai , if that make sense .

but yes - no specific triggers to fade , whether internal or external , and reality check is useless . will just gradually return over course of episode , with brief period where realities seem to overlap - sort of double book-keep by that point , and shortly after this any delusion will fade . emotional effect tend to last longest , then lack of clarity in thought and language - clang is usually one of more common effects in that regard . would say average length is probably 3 to 8 hours , from first effects to very last - so far never have any episode which persist after overnight sleep .

( separately have experience with delirium from low oxygen , which did feel similar to these episodes , but obviously persist until oxygen restabilise . this is also why kossai encourage folks to remember - for everyone in general - that physical aspects can also influence brain function , and not to brush off definitely new changes . )

BLIPS is ... fun name alright ! and certainly feel like blip when these happen , heh . again , usually specific triggers , so some avoidance is possible - and can always identify when about to happen , but not stop , only try to mitigate some of worst effects .

really appreciate thoughts :D

Comments

[beepbird]

Just "psychosis" or "psychotic symptoms" could work just fine depending on the situation? I'd say that "psychosis" alone works just fine from my perspective. It conveys the essence of it without specifying duration, but that's something that varies a lot between people anyway.

Heck, my own "living in a very different version of reality with complete conviction for a few hours" experiences have been called psychosis by both a therapist and psychotic friends, if that's any help. There hasn't been a need to get any more specific than that.

I guess that raises the question of who you're discussing with. The words you'd use with a doctor are different from friends are different from strangers. How specific do you need to be, really?

[kossai]

fair also ! <3

mostly wonder and post on tumblr initially because have fair amount of followers there with lifelong psychosis and schizo-spectrum experiences , so differentiation can be useful . there is stuff in common which is why psychosis is useful to say , but then duration and whether or not lifelong really change other things .
sort of that note about lifelong clinical zoanthropes and folks with cotards - might be safer for those folks to embrace animality or undeadness as core identity , but not so much for kossai where experiences can be very short and very stressful , if that make sense . some other folks out there use similarly stressful short term experiences to try and hammer down against autonomy of folks with lifelong experiences , unfortunately , and can not stand that - so like to clarify .