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Originally Posted by amandalouise
here in america we do not have a mental disorder called hysteric psychosis. what used to be called hysteria is now called conversion disorder and here in america this is not with in the dissociative disorders grouping of mental disorders. here it is listed as a somatic disorder (mental or physical health problems being converted into other medical health conditions example depression being converted into headaches, aches and pains, ) you might check with your treatment providers to ask them if you fit in with the the somatic disorder called conversion disorder.
I do know that there are other countries that still consider conversion disorder (your wording hysteric psychosis) as a dissociative disorder but here in america it is not.
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Hmmm. O.k. I looked up "conversion disorder" and that doesn't match my symptoms. The most dramatic problem I've had is psychosis, but it was very brief, and it hasn't come back. I found "brief reactive psychosis" and something I read said this replaced "hysteric psychosis". I just found another diagnosis "brief psychotic disorder" (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brief_psychotic_disorder ) and that is probably a good match.
I think I have been using the wrong words due to misunderstanding them.
- I've had depression all my life (going back to childhood). I'm 49 now. The depression comes and goes several times per week, and sometimes I feel very spacey and my body looks strange to me. I guess that is dissociation.
- 6 years ago I had psychosis very intensely for a week or two and then it gradually dwindled over the next year.
- Following the psychosis, I've had short relapses of paranoid thoughts. They go away after a day or two, and I always know the thoughts are irrational. These relapses happen once a month approximately. Basically it is superstitious thinking. I might be reading a book and begin to suspect that strange names in the book are clues to help remind me that reality isn't real. I know these thoughts are irrational, but they can be stressful and distracting. A few weeks ago, I couldn't eat some bread I bought, because I thought it was magically contaminated. After I got some sleep, those thoughts decreased and I ate the bread cautiously.
These are all fairly mild (except for the depression - that is a daily struggle for me).