I'm curious to know the difference because I keep having spiritual experiences in my life but other people tell me it is psychosis. It confuses me because it seems to be possible to have spiritual experiences without having a mental illness.

I just dont understand how my experiences could be labeled as psychosis. I literally had dreams about angels. They talked to me and knew my name. I saw them. I felt their presence as well. I saw flashes of color as well. 

My relatives told me I needed to live in the real world and that I was living in a fantasy. I felt like that invalidated my experiences. 

I also felt so amazing and free whenever I had these experiences. But other people were concerned. I tried to look it up and most things pointed to a spiritual experience but I couldn't find out the difference between spiritual experiences and psychosis, or why what I was experiencing was considered psychosis.