Like that was actually diagnosed or hospitalized for it?

Did you or they take any antispychotic meds? What were they? Did they seem to help?

I guess basically whatever you know about it.

oh, i used to know someone like that. i could not figure out what the heck was going on with him. people here steered me to some websites, which links i've lost, but if you google AMA website it has good links from there. good luck!!

if you keep lookin at me like that, i'll turn you off j/k

I've never been diagnosed, but I'm extremely paranoid.

It doesn't bother me, but it probably gets out of control at times. We deal with it well.

Finally, a thread that's aimed at lust.
Not the emotion,
the orger.
I think we can all agree that he gets on all our nerves. I mean, why does he even hang around here for?
I think we all should just point & laugh at him until he leaves us all alone.

yes, i know someone like this, i will comment in a few days when i get home from a trip i'm on. cause i'm in a rush right now....

Visionnaire said:

lust said:

Visionnaire said:

Finally, a thread that's aimed at lust.
Not the emotion,
the orger.
I think we can all agree that he gets on all our nerves. I mean, why does he even hang around here for?
I think we all should just point & laugh at him until he leaves us all alone.

I knew it. You've been watching me........when I sleep, haven't you?

You snore really loud & grind your teeth alot.
And the way you bite your toenails in the morning is pretty disgusting.

I dunno why but I seriously cracked up when I read the title.

I have paranoid tendencies for sure. Though I have been hospitalized, it wasn't specifically for being paranoid although I did speak about fears that I knew were irrational too, and was put on beta blockers at the time though I'm not on those right now.

It inspired one of my favorite lines in music.

"Just because you're paranoid don't mean they're not after you"

kimrachell said:

yes, i know someone like this, i will comment in a few days when i get home from a trip i'm on. cause i'm in a rush right now....

That would be helpful, thanks!

Funny people here.

Anyways, anyone dealing with this on either end. Is it a burden to the people around you. Do you go off the deep end one minute at least as it seems to other people, but you are 100% sure of yourself. But then the next you feel totally crazy?

there was a time when i tryed to explain

to the world how much pressure i was under

because of who i was, but no-one seemed to listen

esspeacially those closest to me which resulted

in my not bein able to trust those who my life

had been entrusted to for safe keepin

which in the end was a good thing because

it was them who were in the best position to

do me harm and my distrust of them is the reason

that i'm alive today...

KingBAD said:

there was a time when i tryed to explain

to the world how much pressure i was under

because of who i was, but no-one seemed to listen

esspeacially those closest to me which resulted

in my not bein able to trust those who my life

had been entrusted to for safe keepin

which in the end was a good thing because

it was them who were in the best position to

do me harm and my distrust of them is the reason

that i'm alive today...

I've been feeling like I want to explode lately. Like, one minute I'll be fine and then the next I feel OVERWHELMED with desperation to just lose it. I can't even explain it, and it's been coming on for several months now. I tried to express my feelings into words to someone, and I guess they didn't understand, and they kind of made me feel stupid for complaining. Like, I said, they just didn't understand and now I wish I wouldn't have said anything. I wasn't trying to complain. I just don't know HOW to make myself feel better or to control my crazy emotions. I dunno. It's hard to explain.

I was very paranoid this weekend and did some bizzare things. I think I did something silly with my meds by accident one night and should have taken it.

I lived with a paranoid schizophrenic.

What a fucking crazy asshole.

JerseyKRS said:

I've never been diagnosed, but I'm extremely paranoid.

It doesn't bother me, but it probably gets out of control at times. We deal with it well.

You're really good at recognizing and naming your paranoia, though.

Most paranoid people suck at that, and make everyone around them crazy because they believe their paranoid thoughts to be absolute reality.

JerseyKRS said:

I've never been diagnosed, but I'm extremely paranoid.

It doesn't bother me, but it probably gets out of control at times. We deal with it well.

PunkMistress said:

I lived with a paranoid schizophrenic.

What a fucking crazy asshole.

i get paranoind mainly cause i base my judgements on instinct than reality ~ its actually saved my ass quite a few times.

ThisOne said:

JerseyKRS said:

I've never been diagnosed, but I'm extremely paranoid.

It doesn't bother me, but it probably gets out of control at times. We deal with it well.

PunkMistress said:

I lived with a paranoid schizophrenic.

What a fucking crazy asshole.

i get paranoind mainly cause i base my judgements on instinct than reality ~ its actually saved my ass quite a few times.

That's why I made sure to respond to his post!

PunkMistress said:

ThisOne said:

i get paranoind mainly cause i base my judgements on instinct than reality ~ its actually saved my ass quite a few times.

That's why I made sure to respond to his post!

u should have let it go a bit longer!!!!!!

ThisOne said:

PunkMistress said:

That's why I made sure to respond to his post!

u should have let it go a bit longer!!!!!!

And make him paranoid??

Drugs. Anyone who is extremely paranoid is probably high. Of course there are people who's mind's aren't whole but the vast majority fall under the drug category.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Drugs. Anyone who is extremely paranoid is probably high. Of course there are people who's mind's aren't whole but the vast majority fall under the drug category.

What are you basing that assertion on?

I disagree, btw.

Most clinical paranoia is organic in nature, whether due to trauma (physical or emotional) or a pre-existing mental illness.

PunkMistress said:

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Drugs. Anyone who is extremely paranoid is probably high. Of course there are people who's mind's aren't whole but the vast majority fall under the drug category.

What are you basing that assertion on?

I disagree, btw.

Most clinical paranoia is organic in nature, whether due to trauma (physical or emotional) or a pre-existing mental illness.

I have known relatively few mentally ill people and COUNTLESS addicts. I am basing it on my experience but I don't think I'm off the mark.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

PunkMistress said:

What are you basing that assertion on?

I disagree, btw.

Most clinical paranoia is organic in nature, whether due to trauma (physical or emotional) or a pre-existing mental illness.

I have known relatively few mentally ill people and COUNTLESS addicts. I am basing it on my experience but I don't think I'm off the mark.

Your experience is, as you say, skewed strongly toward drug addicts.

I've known and worked with addicts and the mentally ill, and have also read studies and attended workshops taught by psychiatrists and doctors. From what I have learned, the primary cause of paranoia doesn't seem to be drug use. In fact, many drug addicts end up addicted because they began self-medicating troublesome symptoms of mental illness. In those cases, it's difficult to figure out which came first.

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Who's asking?