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Recurring psychosis sounds long term to me. That may be what I’m asking about. It might be the nicest way to hint at schizophrenia.

• WarOnPrivacy 2y ago
  My ex's psychotic states could vary in intensity and duration. During one intense time she believed there were armies of cartoonish characters lurking just outside the house - but she didn't feel threatened by them. During a longish period she stole my van. Some days later I received a call at 3am from someone 400mi away who found her walking along a very remote road. I asked him to call the local police and they got her to a MH ER center. In a week, the center had her stable enough to travel and put her on a bus back. She could sometimes be reasoned with - sometimes surprisingly so. But it usually didn't stick for long. Some time later she'd back like we never talked. That's sort of what our time was like. Anything useful? edit: I had an aunt who was schizophrenic. She lived with us when I was young. She would vacillate between lucidity - and suddenly having conversations with people who weren't there - and then lucidity again, in tens of minutes. My aunt would also disappear from her husband+kids. She'd turn up months later, usually in France.