But I have not been diagnosed with a psychosis, and I don't have a psychosis. I said it's almost like a form of that.

And I think he's presenting it as indications that he's not mentally ill. But I would describe the story he's telling as being pretty indicative that his behavior is evidence of a mental illness.

He is damaged from his childhood. He's probably brain damaged. Depending on which way you want to go, he has borderline personality disorder or oppositional defiance disorder or he's a psychopath.