This is an interesting topic. I get severe depression, mania, and I just a couple days ago had another psychotic episode while getting pretty manic. I don't think what you are describing meets criteria for psychosis under the current understanding. That said, I totally understand where you are coming from. Horrific depression is marked by some very inaccurate, unrealistic, unreal thoughts, like the thought that you will never get better or the thought that no-one cares. I once when really depressed and driving past my favorite mountain had the thought that the slate (it was summer) on the side of the mountain was the saddest thing I had ever seen. It seemed so profound at the time, but really, when not depressed, that mountain is one of the happiest places on earth for me.
Unreality in whatever form is a hallmark of psychosis. And some of that is present in severe depression. So, I hear what you are saying. It is sort of, in a way, a little bit psychotic. I agree with that. Thanks for pointing this out.
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