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Sideways
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Dissociation and delusion/psychosis are 2 different things. As suggested above, you may have an alter that is delusional.
Without delusion, what you've described sounds potentially like an alter (DID), but also derealisation, which is a form of dissociative state.
More likely, particularly if you don't remember the experience, it sounds more like DID. But alters that take over generally have a pretty reasonable grip on reality. Some might think that they're younger and should be somewhere else or in a different body, and all will have their own personalities and interpretations of the world. But they will all essentially be grounded in "this world is real". The world may be confusing, but real none the less.
Derealisation could be described as an experience like 'the world isn't real', but if you add endangering yourself to get to an alternate reality, that's definitely more in the realm of delusion and psychosis.
There's stacks and stacks of causes of psychotic episodes, and quite a few of them are a once-off (for example, a side-effect of meds, so you come off the meds and there may be no more issues).
If you have a pdoc, definitely discuss this with them. The explanation given to you by hospital staff sounds a bit half-baked and "whatever it was, it's gone so it's no longer our issue".
Without delusion, what you've described sounds potentially like an alter (DID), but also derealisation, which is a form of dissociative state.
More likely, particularly if you don't remember the experience, it sounds more like DID. But alters that take over generally have a pretty reasonable grip on reality. Some might think that they're younger and should be somewhere else or in a different body, and all will have their own personalities and interpretations of the world. But they will all essentially be grounded in "this world is real". The world may be confusing, but real none the less.
Derealisation could be described as an experience like 'the world isn't real', but if you add endangering yourself to get to an alternate reality, that's definitely more in the realm of delusion and psychosis.
There's stacks and stacks of causes of psychotic episodes, and quite a few of them are a once-off (for example, a side-effect of meds, so you come off the meds and there may be no more issues).
If you have a pdoc, definitely discuss this with them. The explanation given to you by hospital staff sounds a bit half-baked and "whatever it was, it's gone so it's no longer our issue".
