Antinatalism and Depression XIV: The Minefield
Channel: Anekantavad
Date: 02/08/2012

Paranoia.

In the unbalanced mind, the everyday world is an endless series of threats or potential threats. If things are okay now, "the way things are going" makes it almost certain that tomorrow will be much worse.

This can develop into a toxic habit of mind that can create the worst kind of amnesia of them all: one can forget that there is more to strive for in this plane of existence than a life with as little horror as possible. In the end, that too ends up being horrible.

Vigilance is common sense. Paranoia is insanity.

Perhaps a bad example (in the movie, he was right ... heh heh) but Woody Harrelson's character was immediately familiar, wasn't he?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzMHl4EZw-c

"The Lonely Paranoid" has become a recognized "type" in our society, hasn't he?