The following questions are related to ‘Paranoia’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
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Q: I fear that my mother may be suffering from some kind of delusional paranoia. Ever since I was a child, she would only see potential catastrophes that “lurked” around every corner. But in the past few weeks her behavior has become much worse. My mother has been traveling around the world (she lives in [...]
Q: For about two and a half years now I have been having some weird depression episodes. I haven’t found a disorder that has these specific symptoms, which is why I think it is weird. It doesn’t happen every day, and it usually only happens at night when I’m alone. The usual symptoms include: irrational [...]
Q: I’m very worried about my friend and co-worker. She is 28 and has recently begun to behave very strangely. “Anna” thinks that mysterious people are trying to harm her and videotape her while she’s at home. She has said that she sometimes locks herself in the bathroom all night, because the bad people are [...]
Q: I am currently engaged and am about to move overseas to join my fiancé in England. At first everything was fine and we were very happy. Lately, however, he has become extremely paranoid and believes that I am cheating on him. It is to the point that he even believes he can hear another [...]
Q: My stepsister just revealed to me that she believes that an old boyfriend from thirty years ago is communicating with her through songs on the radio and monitoring her through her cell phone. She also claims she saw him at a restaurant, but he denied that he knew her. My stepsister’s mother had severe [...]
