The height of my psychosis is while I am manic or mixed. Visual and audio, I also have tactile hallucinations from time to time, usually when I am stressed. Tactile includes thing Luke feeling bugs crawling in your skin, sensations and smells. I smell really foul smells and sometimes feel saws running across my face. The saw feeling really bothers me, but I try to put it out of mind, knowing it is just a sensation.

When the psychosis is bad I try not to go to the hospital. My pdoc works with me on meds very closely. I try to use distraction, puzzles or other things like that. I also use my awareness and deductive skills. Like finding out it is not real by comparining to what reality would be. This usually helps me feel less afraid. Just knowing what it is.