Definitions from www.dictionary.com:
PARANOIA
1. Psychiatry . a mental disorder characterized by systematized delusions and the projection of personal conflicts, which are ascribed to the supposed hostility of others, sometimes progressing to disturbances of consciousness and aggressive acts believed to be performed in self-defense or as a mission.
2. baseless or excessive suspicion of the motives of others.
1 : a psychosis characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations
2 : a tendency on the part of an individual or group toward excessive or irrational suspiciousness and distrustfulness of others
Good Quotes:
A paranoid is someone that knows little of what’s going on. ~ William S. Burroughs
I envy paranoids; they actually feel people are paying attention to them. ~ Susan Sontag
Someone who is hiding something is usually paranoid that it’s showing too much, or maybe not enough. ~ David Katz
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Paranoia – I’m not saying I am above experiencing it but some people really take the cake on this.
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