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Thread #75192   Message #1318032
Posted By: GUEST,Bullwinkle
05-Nov-04 - 02:01 PM
Thread Name: BS: Crybabia
Subject: RE: BS: Crybabia
Yep, all the ailments and troubles of the world were in her box and the devil made her open it.

Cluin:

Glad you brought up Paranoia.

Paranoia is excessive concern about one's own well-being, sometimes suggesting the person holds persecutory beliefs concerning a threat to themselves or their property.

In the original Greek, ðáñÜíïéá (paranoia) means self-referential, and it is this meaning which has been adopted in psychiatry, especially European psychiatry, in reference to a delusional belief. Specifically, the term paranoia is used to denote a delusional belief.

Bullwinkle