Paranoia Paranoia was an overwhelming fear of one ' s environment and / or current situation , often leading to illogical responses to various stimuli , however minor . Upon traveling back to the year 1986 with his senior staff , James T . Kirk cautioned them that the surrounding culture was extremely primitive and paranoid . ( ) In 2365 , a psychotronic stability examination Data showed the presence of a secondary , " " sensitive yet paranoid " " personality within the android ; that of Dr . Ira Graves . ( ) When a humanoid is unable to enter into REM sleep for a prolonged period of time , they may suffer from paranoia or hallucination s . This happened to the crew of the when it became trapped in a Tyken ' s Rift , in 2367 . ( ) In 2369 , Ferengi bartender Quark told Constable Odo that he thought he was paranoid , after Odo spotted two Miradorn nodding in his direction . Denying any suggestion that he was involved in illegal activities , Quark theorized that all shapeshifter s must be the same , evidenced by the fact nobody had seen one at that point . ( ) Later that year , the fell under the influence of a set of energy spheres on Saltah ' na , causing paranoia and factionism among its crew , a re - enactment of the events that led to the destruction of the Saltah ' na species . ( ) The Kesprytt were a species native to the planet Kesprytt III . They were divided into two rivaling nation - state s known as the and the Prytt . In 2370 , the bigger part of this species ( the Kes ) applied for associate Federation membership , but this request was denied . Due to the long conflict between the two nations , all Kesprytt had developed a strong sense of paranoia and xenophobia . ( ) Also in that year , the replicant version of Chief Miles O ' Brien described the Paradans as being paranoid due to their obsession with security , though he could understand it after twelve years of civil war . ( ) During one of their lunch es on the replimat of Deep Space 9 , in 2371 , Doctor Julian Bashir called Garak paranoid after the Cardassian spy - turned - tailor implied that he would be killed should he leave the station . ( ) Later that year , Garak used the term when referring to Gul Dukat ' s counter - insurgency program and the unusually large number of interrogative subroutine s he had planted in the code . ( ) Unknown that she and Tom Paris were scan ned by the Srivani , B ' Elanna Torres thought someone was watching her kiss ing Paris in a Jefferies tube . She then laughed about herself and thought she went paranoid . ( ) " In 2374 in the alternate timeline known as the " Year of Hell , " Lieutenant Tom Paris stated to Commander Chakotay regarding Captain Annorax ' s belief that time had a personal grudge against him , " " That ' s called paranoia , Chakotay , with a hint of megalomania . " " " ( ) At the end of the year , Janeway hoped that she and Tuvok were " " just suffering from some good old - fashioned paranoia " " regarding their suspicions about Arturis and the . ( ) In 2376 , Deputy Investigator Naroq of the Kesat described the Ba ' Neth as a being " paranoid and xenophobic . " ( ) In 2377 , Chakotay urged the s Maquis crewmembers not to give way to paranoia after a number of them had fallen victim to an unknown assailant . ( )