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Originally Posted by serenity2298
Hi, is there anyone here who could help me clarify something? I'd like to know the difference between psychosis and dissociation? Any info really appreciated, thanks 
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psychosis is when you have things like
delusions, delusional beliefs (thinking and believing in things that can not possibly be real ie thinking your insides are being ripped out when in reality you are standing there just fine with no one trying to take out your insides and no evidence of anyone trying to rip out your insides., or thinking for example you are someone famous when in reality you are an average normal non popular person, ....)
hallucinations....seeing or hearing things that are not real....looking out a window and seeing a tree coming out of the ground and coming to attack your house....hearing bells when there are no bells near you, tasting something when in reality you are not eating....
paranoia....thinking people are out to get you, thinking everyone is talking about you,
Dissociation is feeling like you are numb, spacy, foggy minded, some people discribe it like feeling hung over but did not go out drinking or doing drugs, you know that feeling of unconnectedness, spacy, moving too slow or too fast drugged like feeling, but the problem isnt because of drugs and alcohol.
an example of my psychosis is when my medications are not working I slip into the non realistic belief that people are reading my mind when in reality no one is reading my mind, that I hear my co workers plotting against me when in reality my co workers and I get along great, that I see raccoon's in the trees along the street when in reality there are no raccoon's sitting in the trees on my way to work.
an example of my dissociating is being at work and suddenly feeling like my co worker is walking past my desk in slow motion, my arms feel like they went to sleep, numb like and my head is foggy, having trouble remembering the phone call I just took.