A very good friend of mine is in some kind of severe psychosis right now. She's cut off all her friends and family. While she was still talking to us, she was still so paranoid she refused to even consider seeing a doctor, even though she knew she was on some kind of "never-ending acid trip" as she called it.
But she's still taking care of herself and not a danger to herself or others, so there's nothing we can right now. My big hope is that someday she'll get perspective on this like you have now.
I had several family members experience episodes, and i have as well. In my own case it struck me as i was preparing to board a plane. Thankfully i was allowed off briefly before the takeoff. I knew that what im experiencing is so unlikely as to be impossible (eg large scale conspiracy) but could do nothing to shake it off. Eventually i found a safehouse and just hid there, letting it ride over me until it passed after a day.
Hasnt occurred since. Unfortunately, even after having experienced and successfully (in my subjective experience) navigating this, i was able to help others do the same (at least to what i would calk that).
Looking back, my friend has had some paranoid instances in the past, going back decades, usually on alcohol and drugs. So we feel like maybe it was always there, and it's possible menopause really brought it out, or stopped holding it back.
The problem is she never reconciled any of those episodes that it was her being overly paranoid. She just wrote those people out of her life and moved on. Which is what she's trying to do now to literally everyone in her life, and it's never occurring to her that the problem might be her. She thinks she's in a giant Truman Show and all her friends and family are punking her.
But she's still taking care of herself and not a danger to herself or others, so there's nothing we can right now. My big hope is that someday she'll get perspective on this like you have now.