The following questions are related to ‘Paranoia’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
This list is sorted chronologically, from newest back to earliest.
Q: I am a private detective who has worked on a divorce case in which the wife/mother is believed to have a personality disorder. Her own psychologist stated if she were lying and manipulating in her accusations against people (including her ex husband, the police, the judge, attorneys, court reporter, all witnesses, doctors, social workers [...]
Q: I experienced trauma as a child (violent abuse, neglect, homelessness, and more). To survive emotionally, I have buried the past and divorced myself from reminders of it, including family. I tried twice in my 30s to revisit the old issues. Emotions took over both times and I started having flashbacks, terror, depression, and paranoia. [...]
Q: A friend of mine shows the symptoms of paranoid schizophrenia. He believes people are drugging him, hacking into his computer, etc. He has a history of drug use (I think mainly cocaine). He has lost 2 jobs because of this already and has threatened to commit suicide. However, he doesn’t believe he needs help [...]
Q: My friend told me that I might be having a disorder of the mind called Schizophrenia or Dissociative Identity Disorder, but I’m not exactly sure if I do or not because I haven’t been to see a doctor about it. I experience hallucinations which do scare me sometimes, for example I’ve seen a car [...]
Q: What can you tell me about an experimental drug called Invega? Envega? A: I can start off by telling you Invega is no longer “experimental”. In the United States, Invega has been approved for the treatment of Schizophrenia. While I’m not a physician or psychopharmacologist, I can give you some information about this new [...]
Q: I can hear things that scare me. I can’t understand them. They’re just whispers when it’s quiet. My dad can hear them too. It’s stronger for him. I know I’m not mental but it scares me. I read the characteristics of schizophrenic disorders and it doesn’t match up. Please help. A: You are describing [...]
Q: I was raised by a heroin addict and a paranoid, delusional mother. They beat and verbally abused me constantly. My mother said “you deserve it. You’re possessed!” My father never hit her, just me. She told me that she knows how to beat me without leaving marks. She made me drink turpentine with sugar [...]
