I'll cut to the chase:

Has anyone else had dissociation episodes that damn near mimicked some sort of brief psychosis? Because this is the strangest **** I've ever dealt with.

I have a long history with dissociation and memory problems. Some people have memories of doing things with me that I don't recall to any length, and sometimes it's just me not feeling real, or feeling that I'm looking out through my eyes but I'm not really in control, or that my limbs aren't mine, or I just revert inward and the world outside ceases to exist. This has been forever.

Now, my issue within the last two or three years has been that I get caught up in unrealities as a reaction to stress (most of the time). A god of Egypt gives me messages, a coworker controls my body and refused to let me be present, taking my thoughts e.t.c. . . and when I initially spoke to a professional about this, psychosis was discussed, given I have a history with brief hallucinations, including voices, and paranoia.

These episodes will only last days to weeks, very rarely a month, but are nonetheless distressing and take up a lot of time of mine. When I come out of it, I realize how "unreal" it was (although I don't at the time) and I end up not being able to remember when it started or what I was upset about in the first place. In fact, after some episodes I"m pretty refreshed, simply because I don't remember why I was so stressed out. My psychologist got an idea that rather than an indication of some brief psychosis (as this has been going on for years now, back and forth) that it's another form of dissociation.

Can anyone relate?