[sinking]

Hello,
I've been having these violent "flashes" where i severely injure or even kill myself, for months. They are not thoughts or fantasies, they just come, and are like a pic of what i'm going to do, and sometimes i even have a physical reaction to them, as if my body prepares to do what i see.
Lately they happen more frequently (several times a day every day) and have started to involve another person very close to me.
At first they were scary, now i got used to them but still they are troubling me. I cant control them. And i dont know why this is happening or what they are or mean. Should i worry about them?
Thanks

[kaliope]

well, i believe i know exactly what you are referring to because it sounds just like what happens to me when i am in a really ramped up manic state. i have not had it made clear to me whether it is termed psychosis or not. i just know it is very vivid and real feeling and visual for me. the first time it happened i explained it to a new pdoc and next thing i knew i was in handcuffs and on my way to the mental hospital. it is not like i was going to act on any of these things i was seeing, they were just coming to me unbidden. it was just happeneing again in my last mania in january but my t was not concerned about it as long as she knew i wasnt going to do anything i was seeing. so i know it is not a normal thing and it just depends on who you tell as to whether it is something to worry about or not.

[Thunder Bow]

See a Doctor about this. There are medical causes.