Is it possible for hallucinations/psychotic experiences to be like a horror film playing in your mind that you can't control? For example, yesterday, I had this mental "movie" of the grim reaper standing behind me with a wire, about to strangle me or slit my throat. Deep down I knew it wasn't real but it felt real, like a dream while I was awake, as if I could somehow sense that he was behind me ready to do something. I was totally afraid of what was going to happen. I have tactile hallucinations sometimes, so fears that I would feel pain aren't completely ungrounded, but this fear was more than that. I was half-afraid that it really would kill me despite the fact that a small part of me knew that it wasn't real. I'm diagnosed as bipolar II with psychotic features and I hear voices and see things in the dark, as well as experience the sensation of someone touching me when no one is touching me sometimes. I was wondering if this was a part of that, and if so, whether it was psychosis or something else.