Talk:Paranoia

message: I'm by no means authoritative on the subject of what constitutes a relevant link, but I don't think the inclusion of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni in 'See also' is altogether useful. To be honest, as good a film as it may be, The Conversation may also fall foul of pop-culture incongruity. Perhaps we need a 'List of films (or indeed visual novels) that explore paranoia' that can replace any such references. Does anyone with greater experience of the structure of Wikipedia have an opinion?
--Macabre Deified (talk) 23:21, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, in the name of proactivity I'm going to go ahead and remove both links. Should that be unpopular, well, the solution is only an undo away.--Macabre Deified (talk) 23:31, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: See also... some pop-culture references

message: I'm not completely sure, but it seems like this wikipedia entry has undergone vandalism. Can someone confirm this? I'm new to wikipedia, I don't want to attempt to go in and fix it, nor do I know how to put up a message about vandalism.
71.213.74.184 09:37, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: There has been some vandalism

message: This article deals with paranoia on the individual level.  Should it also include a section on mass 
I personally know many well educated Brits who (over/mis-)use the word paranoid, often to convey a feeling of general unfounded worry about something mundane, for example having left the oven on. Perhaps an explanation and/or a few examples of what paranoia is NOT would be helpful. The word has somewhat lost its precise meaning in everyday parlance.  --Markhadman 22:16, 27 Apr 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: yeah, imo the disambiguation is worth it (clem 19:43, 4 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Individual v. Mass Paranoia

message: At Talk:Nerve agent you can find an interesting article written by someone who is arguably displaying symptoms of paranoia. Nixdorf 21:10, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Example

message: Paranoia appears in Culture Bound Syndromes (CBS's). There is confusion as to what should be a CBS but if you limit your view to mental events that are described as sudden dissociative or psychotic mental breaks then paranoia appears regularly. 
The page linked below suggests a cause of paranoia in all mental illness. 
http://visionandpsychosis.net/Psychotic_Mental_Illness_Cause.htm
and 
http://visionandpsychosis.net/Culture_Bound_Syndromes.htm 
L K Tucker 18:08, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Culture Bound Syndromes 

message: Unattributed fear is observed in cases where victims left suicide notes, Mark Barton Day Trader Shooter, Atlanta 1999. 
The difference in fear and paranoia is how the individual mind understands then applies its understanding of visual Subliminal Distraction. 
This happens at a level in the mind below thought, reason, and consciousness. 
This is too long for this talk section. It is developing theory. 
L K Tucker 04:17, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Paranoia is the outcome from visual Subliminal Distraction 

message: How? You can't show it by a picture. Remove tag. Skinnyweed 22:56, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image request? 

message: Question the validity of this statement.
Other common paranoid delusions include the belief that the person has an imaginary disease or parasitic infection (delusional parasitosis); that the person is on a special quest or has been chosen by God; that the person has had thoughts inserted or removed from conscious thought; or that the person's actions are being controlled by an external force.
My research, suggests that infections, including parasitic ones can result in symptoms of paranoia.  The bodies reaction to a real threat of attack on the micro level.
Look up organic infections of paranoia.
Then there is the case of prescription drugs that cause this symptom...
 Levaquin side effects
--Son of Maryann Rosso and Arthur Natale Squitti 03:52, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Paranoia and parasitic infections. 

message: No I think the definition here of paranoia is completely wrong. Paranoia is a systematic set of beliefs characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur. What is coming up here is the drug culture definition of 'paranoia' or the street definition. I think it should be completely redone. The key word is delusion not anxiety.
raspor 23:59, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. Fear or anxiety is not a necessary component of paranoia. A person in a state of mania may have delusions of grandeur (believing himself or herself to be a living incarnation of a god); this would rightly be termed paranoia.--NeantHumain 02:54, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi there, What you describe is the Kraeplinian psychiatric definition of paranoia, and is only one part of how this term is used both clinically and non-clinically. If you have a look at some of the references (particularly the Freeman and Garety book, which has a good review of the literature) you'll notice that even in psychiatry, paranoia can refer to non-psychotic, non-delusional states and that anxiety is thought to be a key component even of clinical paranoia. - Vaughan 08:08, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Yes the definition is wrong. They are defining the slang word 'paranoid'. Another reason not to take wiki too seriously. Tickclock 22:04, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  The introduction and definition of paranoia 

message: Shouldn't there be a discussion of the drugs which are used to treat the illness? Aaron Bowen 18:05, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Paranoia is a symptom rather than a psychiatric disorder per se. Treatment would be specific to schizophrenia, psychotic features of a mood disorder, paranoia associated with brain damage or intoxication, etc.--NeantHumain 02:55, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Drugs

message: First it says paranoia involves anxiety then it says it does not. Xavier cougat 17:09, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You're being paranoid. Shtove (talk) 02:29, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  I think the first 2 paragraphs are way off 

message: Here is the text: "The most recent scientific research suggests that parasites, in particular toxoplasma, which forms cysts in the brain, an area of the brain called the amygdala, a region linked to fear and anxiety in rats, may provide us with clues as to how specific parasites manipulate behavior and may cause mental disease, including signs of paranoia.Behavioral changes induced by Toxoplasma infection of rodents are highly specific to aversion of cat odors "
This statement is not backed up by the study. This study simply does not provide an explanation for paranoia in humans. Absentis 20:09, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Equating paranoia with anxiety or excessive anxiety or phobias or whatever the article seems to be doing is incorrect. --Mattisse 19:17, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Causes of paranoia 

message: --RucasHost 16:44, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  You're non paranoid if they're really after you. 

message: Weren't the behaviors of Sarah Williams Winchester, the lady who constructed what is today Winchester Mistery House in San Jose CA, symptoms of paranoia? or symptoms of schizophrenia?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.128.111.53 (talk) 05:00, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sarah Williams Winchester? 

message: Instead of to paranoia (disambiguation). If no one replies to this (or replies saying this should be done), I'm going to change the redirect in about a week. That's all. I'm posting here because the talk page for paranoia (disambiguation) doesn't seem to be used much.
7h3 0N3 7h3 \/4Nl)4L5 Pl-l34R ( t / c) 02:33, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree.  Do it.  Earlypsychosis (talk) 10:27, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: althought the terminology on the disambiguation page is odd Paranoia is a mental illness involving delusional fear for oneself Earlypsychosis (talk) 10:30, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  I think paranoid should redirect here 

message: The paranoia of walruses is very common.  Getting to close cause too many stimuli in the walruses brain to be stimulated and in turn cause a seizure. Some people are careless and continue to stalk this great animal but we should just stop now. Save the walri!
This is more a disorder of thought form, rather than content, though? Buckethed (talk) 03:39, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Different Viewpoints 

message: The History of paranoia is quite good and that is about it. Just about the only use of paranoia in psychiatry is paranoid schizophrenia and paranoid personality disorder but neither are even mentioned here. Delusional disorders may involve paranoia but  the stuff here is not useful such as delusional parasitosis. --Penbat (talk) 21:14, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  I agreed.  Removed the unverified section on paranoia vs phobia Earlypsychosis (talk) 08:51, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: it was me who put that section in. I had since removed the loads of crap i was referring to.I think it is non controversial and important but  needs flagging for citation required. --Penbat (talk) 09:41, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: oh ! sorry about that.  I couldnt make sense of it at all.  I cant think of any link between paranoid thinking and anxiety.  I'll sleep on it and think of any source that might come to mind.  Cheers Earlypsychosis (talk) 10:27, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Load of crap in this article  

message: I removed some nonsensical instances of "Sterling Romo" in the article.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.200.139.83 (talk) 05:06, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sterling Romo 

message: Non drug related please and is effective  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.67.223.26 (talk) 18:08, 23 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is there a treatment for this 

message: Hey. Can someone make a catagory with ways of calming a paraniod person? Would be a geat help as some of my comrades get paranoid and i dont know how to calm them or help them. Would someone be willing to add the catagory? (Mudak568 (talk) 12:03, 3 January 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: First of all, I'm not sure this is that kind of site.  Second, the answer to that seems pretty simple.  Just treat people with respect and empathy. Don't reject or dismiss their feelings, but try to understand them and be there for them...  Not just people who are paranoid, but all people.  The world could use more of this.50.130.11.182 (talk) 06:59, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Add Catagory 

message: It seems you all are putting your opinions without believing that the schizophrenic has the authority on paranoia. Believing that life is without mystery and that no one is hampering with our lives is illogical and blind and suspicious. I would like to put examples of paranoia which would be hard to say is delusional because as a schizophrenic, I am an authority.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ronald Arjune (talk • contribs) 00:00, 31 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Let the Schizophrenic explain paranoia

message: This article deals mostly with paranoia itself, not paranoid social cognition. Λeternus (talk) 09:40, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree and  Klbrain (talk) 05:23, 24 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed merge with [[Paranoid social cognition]] 

message: In the opening paragraph it reads "Paranoid thinking typically includes persecutory, or beliefs of conspiracy concerning a perceived threat towards oneself (e.g. "Everyone is out to get me"). Paranoia is distinct from phobias, which also involve irrational fear, but usually no blame."
Could you please specify if the patients blame themselves, other people or even other objects?
Thanks.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by George Rodney Maruri Game (talk • contribs) 20:35, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  About the blame 

message: The 'Mechanisms' part is badly written, filled with unverifiable claims and ambiguous correlation. Several studies are sourced, yet no actual mechanisms are described. The 'Motivational Factors' is by far the worst, with the first part being completely made up of 'stand-up theorycraft', unrelated to the subject, and 'Motivational Factors' even. The last two statements seem to be used as justifications for the first part, but they're simply unrelated.
Will be removing the 'Mechanisms' section.
--Internet.tuig (talk) 15:14, 12 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  About 'Mechanisms'