Again, I'm fairly certain I've past A&P as I remember the experience explicitly. But thanks for the clarification

I've come to believe that I've been stuck somewhere in a mild Dark Night for quite some time. I keep stopping and starting practice, and I find it hard to sit for more than 5 - 10mins before I start getting restless and have lower back pain. I probably didn't recognize this sooner because of how extreme the Dark Night is usually described as. However, realizing this hopefully moved me a little closer to getting out of the Dark Night. Recently I've been able to sustain meditation for 20 - 30mins again. And while I still get back pain, I have a different feeling towards it I guess.
Anyway, that's my self-diagnosis. It's quite possible that I am wrong. Perhaps I've regressed and have to go through A&P again, I can't be too sure. But I do know that my first A&P experience was nothing at all like what I experienced yesterday with the distortions.