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I thought I had fully recovered from a period of psychosis several years ago, but something reminded me and the panic and paranoia returned briefly. I felt shaky, I started imagining absurd conspiracies, I wanted to cry, and I felt upset with myself for being so irrational. Coincidentally I went to see my therapist today, and I tried to explain to her that even though nothing traumatic actually happened to me, it seemed totally real and it messed me up as though it had really happened. I don't think she understood.

This reminded me of PTSD, so I googled and found this link:

Researchers think some people may develop PTSD as a result of experiencing psychosis. The hallucinations and delusions that are symptoms of psychosis can be terrifying, and lead people to feel intensely frightened, horrified and helpless. People who experience distressing persecutory delusions – when they believe others are trying to harm them in some way – may believe their life is threatened.

Mental Healthcare :: Post traumatic stress disorder and psychosis

I wonder if I need to learn about treatments for PTSD to get better? Any thoughts?

[Sometimes psychotic]

That sounds more like a brief relapse than PTSD to me....have you considered that possibility. What is your med situation like any recent changes?

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Originally Posted by Sometimes psychotic

That sounds more like a brief relapse than PTSD to me....have you considered that possibility. What is your med situation like any recent changes?

I don't take any medications, but I have been having minor health problems for several months. Last week I was very stressful.

I don't think this was a brief relapse, but maybe so. When I was psychotic, I thought that a conspiracy was stalking me in preparation to eventually kill me. Certain things remind me and I get upset. In this case a friend sent me an email with a phrase that made me wonder if he was reading my mind and then it restarted all the paranoid thoughts surrounding this friend. It only lasted 15 minutes or so, but it made me angry at myself. I thought I was over this silliness.