Laura Mvula

Being a pop star is something I don't think I'm very good at. I'm worried it's making me too paranoid, because all of a sudden, life has become this constant assessment. When you put something out there and people get to hear it, then those people react to it, socially, culturally.

British Musician

Tess Gerritsen

My dad's cooking was magic in the kitchen. But eventually over the years, his personality changed and his ability to remember recipes failed. He became paranoid and thought people were stealing from him, when often he was just misplacing things.

American Novelist

Ziggy Marley

People treat you according to your energy or what you put out there, so what I put out there is very open. I'm not paranoid or scared, I'm open. That's how I treat people, with respect and speak truthfully.

Jamaican Musician

Rory Stewart

I think one of the odd things about public life, coming from the outside, is that people seem to be paranoid. Maybe they were quite frank initially, but then they did one thing which went wrong.

British Politician

Andy Dick

I'm really ultra-affected by things, I feel things deeper, and I cry at the drop of a hat, and offended and sensitive and I'm almost paranoid very easily, and that's who I am.

American Actor

Jami Attenberg

Some journal writers choose to password-protect their site, which is either an incredibly responsible act or a paranoid one.

American Author

Jordan Peterson

You have to listen very carefully and tell the truth if you are going to get a paranoid person to open up to you.

Canadian Psychologist

Wayne Rogers

I may have a slightly paranoid nature, a fear of losing control of my life.

Noam Chomsky

The 'peace movement' exists only in the fantasies of the paranoid.

American Activist

Kenneth Oppel

The world of 'The Hunger Games' is a paranoid survivalist's dream.

Canadian Author

Paranoid has a negative emotional connotation, suggesting irrational fear or worry.

Emotional Charge

Use 'paranoid' to describe unjustified distrust towards others or situations.

Unfounded Suspicion

Sometimes 'paranoid' conveys carefulness, as in avoiding unnecessary risks.

Not Always Negative

In medicine, 'paranoid' refers to specific disorders, identified by a professional.

Medical Specificity

Avoid using 'paranoid' to insult someone; in a medical context, it's a serious condition.

Not an Insult

Use 'paranoid' with medical terms when discussing diagnoses or symptoms academically.

Technical Usage

 and it's a whole other story. And I don't know who's watching who, but I have a suspicion that a lot of people are watching me. And I'm not paranoid, but everywhere I go, I'm getting all sorts of Go here, move there, watch out for this. A lot of the information is good. Some of it's helpful. A lot of it's kind of reversed.

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 I'm still doing this project, but it is obsolete, because you're all doing it. This is something that we all are doing on a daily basis, whether we're aware of it or not. So we're creating our own archives and so on. And you know, some of my friends have always said, "Hey, you're just paranoid. Why are you doing this?

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 We can imagine a hypothetical world of "peak social media." What would that be like? It would mean when you get on, you can get really useful, authoritative medical advice instead of cranks. It could mean when you want to get factual information, there's not a bunch of weird, paranoid conspiracy theories.

How we need to remake...

 The first researcher described life in the town as happy and contented, while the second recorded residents as paranoid and disgruntled. Experts aside, the Rashomon effect can also impact the general public, particularly when it comes to the perception of complicated world events.

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 you trust and you look at them and they look at you and they seem to be dangerous and truly ignorant you then can become paranoid which raises the fear level and which makes you terrified and hoping that it will be over and then it isn't over it was a terrible

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 people to high taxation and showed little tolerance for dissent chin outlived numerous assassination attempts and was quite paranoid about revolution he may have thought these threats would follow him into the afterlife the army

The Terra-Cotta Warriors...

 Marijuana can also cause hallucinations or paranoid delusions. Known as marijuana-induced psychosis, these symptoms usually subside when a person stops using marijuana. But in rare cases, psychosis doesn’t subside,

Is marijuana bad for...

 a mental illness characterized by mood swings and paranoid delusions. Throughout my life, my mother's rage would turn our small house into a minefield. Yet, though I feared her rage on a daily basis,

Why it's worth listening...

 sixth grade got my clothes all laid out every once in a while like Lance over make sure they're still there now that may seem a little paranoid unless you've

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 And so, he was destined to be raised by a single mom, which might have been all right except that this particular single mom was a paranoid schizophrenic,