Personality
disorders - Paranoid personality disorder
In the description
below a stereotype is used to give you an idea of the disorder. However,
not all people who have this disorder display all these
characteristics, and not all people have these characteristics to the
same degree.
Description
A person who suffers from 'paranoia' has the constantly present idea
that he is being followed. He's anxious and thinks every event is suspicious.
These people can't stand criticism and think there is a plot against
them. This disorder is similar the paranoid type of schizophrenia.
Normal
When you are alone on the street at night, you might have the idea that
you are being followed sometimes, although there is no one there.
Abnormal
People with this disorder not only think that they are being followed
at night. They think it all the time. They don't trust other people,
even their own family members are suspicious.
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