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 Paranoia Truths

·         The first step towards healing paranoia is to overcome (eliminate) the denial.  If this is not accomplished you may be condemned to a lifetime of conflict, alienation and addiction to struggle.

·         Everyone has paranoia to some degree.  Acknowledging it puts you in a better position to conquer it.

·         Paranoia is the terrifying fear of being hurt.

·         Paranoia is giving someone else all the power to hurt you when they don't want it.

·         Paranoia is false accusations pretending to be real.

·         Paranoia is the accuser side of the false/unreal self.  The feeling is real but the characters are displaced and substituted. The accused is merely a stand-in for the real person.

·         Paranoia needs an enemy, but can't seem to find the real persecutor.  So, anyone will do.

·         Paranoia victimizes the innocent by accusing them of being guilty of harmful actions that never occurred in the first place.

·         Paranoia claims that you are guilty before the trial and the probability of your innocence is denied and rejected.

·         Paranoia can only exist in the absence of joy, happiness, gladness, laughter and peak experiences.

·         Paranoia thrives in an inner universe of intensely walled off, suppressed and repressed hurt and pain.

·         The victim of paranoia has a very difficult time differentiating and distinguishing between the real and the unreal.

·         To choose the unreal is to allay, but not eliminate anxiety.  Projection gives a temporary reprieve from feeling unacknowledged agony.

·         Accusing others of wrongdoing gives temporary relief, but denies access to your darker side.

·         Paranoia keeps you from growing and evolving into your full mature potential.

·         Paranoia is a form of emotional retardation that kills joy and emotional growth.

·         Paranoia is based on the rejection, denial and suppression of vital parts of the self.

·         If you have a paranoid delusional disorder, stay away from serious relationships until you are cured.

·         Marriage is out of the question for paranoid individuals.

·         Paranoia likes to hide/conceal itself in other self-justifying defenses.

·         Paranoia is self-defeating, relationship destructive and ultimately self-destructive.

·         Paranoia can only exist in a doom and gloom mentality.

·         When you are small and young, it is easy to be taught to be afraid of being harmed.

·         Children pick up and imitate the emotions of their parents.  Teach your children joy and happiness.

·         A positive mind has no room for unreal fear.  A happy, optimistic mind enjoys what a paranoid fears.

·         A good time for most people is a bad time for the paranoid mind.  A paranoid person is the ultimate party pooper.

·         Paranoia is like an illegal and dangerous U-turn!

·         Paranoia attests to the power of negative thinking.

·         Don't look now, but I'm watching you … very closely!

Copyright 2003              Paul J. Hannig, Ph.D.