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What is Paranoia?
Paranoia involves intense anxious or fearful
feelings and thoughts often related to persecution,
threat, or conspiracy. Paranoia occurs in many
mental disorders, but is most often present in
psychotic disorders. Paranoia can become
delusions, when irrational thoughts and beliefs
become so fixed that nothing (including contrary
evidence) can convince a person that what they
think or feel is not true. When a person has
paranoia or delusions, but no other symptoms (like
hearing or seeing things that aren't there), they
might have what is called a delusional disorder.
Because only thoughts are impacted, a person with
delusional disorder can usually work and function in
everyday life, however, their lives may be limited
and isolated.
What are the Signs of Paranoia?
Symptoms of paranoia and delusional disorders
include intense and irrational mistrust or suspicion,
which can bring on sense of fear, anger, and
betrayal. Some identifiable beliefs and behaviors of
individuals with symptoms of paranoia include
mistrust, hypervigilence, difficulty with forgiveness,
defensive attitude in response to imagined
criticism, preoccupation with hidden motives, fear
of being deceived or taken advantage of, inability
to relax, or are argumentative.
What Causes Paranoia?
The cause of paranoia is a breakdown of various
mental and emotional functions involving reasoning
and assigned meanings. The reasons for these
breakdowns are varied and uncertain. Some
symptoms of paranoia relate to repressed, denied
or projected feelings. Often, paranoid thoughts and
feelings are related to events and relationships in a
person's life, thereby increasing isolation and
difficulty with getting help.
What is a Delusion?
A delusion is an odd belief that a person firmly
insists is true despite evidence that it is not.
Cultural beliefs that may seem odd, but are widely
accepted do not fit the criteria for being a
delusion. Two of the most common types of
delusions are delusions of grandeur or persecutory
delusions.
What is Delusional Disorder?
Delusional disorder is characterized by irrational or
intense belief(s) or suspicion(s) which a person
believes to be true. These beliefs may seem
outlandish and impossible (bizarre) or fit within the
realm of what is possible (non-bizarre). Symptoms
must last for 1 month or longer in order for
someone to be diagnosed with delusional disorder.
How are Paranoia and Delusions Treated?
Treatment of paranoia is usually via medication
and cognitive behavioral therapy. The most
important element in treating paranoia and
delusional disorder, is building a trusting and
collaborative relationship to reduce the impact of
irrational fearful thoughts and improving social
skills. It can be difficult to treat a person with
paranoia since symptoms result in increased
irritability, emotionally guardedness, and possible
hostility. Often times, progress on paranoid
delusions and especially delusional disorder is
slow. Regardless of how slow the process,
recovery and reconnection is possible. |
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