paranoia, n.All

Friends are telling me I should stop smoking marijuana because I'm getting too paranoid.Well, I mean, they weren't telling me, but I Know they were thinking it.

Paranoia is the closest modern analogue to the unrflective religious fantasies of the pagan world.

Why was the frog so paranoid?It was always jumping to conclusions

Paranoia is never having to think that you’re alone.

Paranoia is often manifest in its opposite; walking around with the insane delusion that people like them.

Paranoia's opposite is 'pronoia': a person's belief, without evidence, that the world around them is conspiring to do them good or otherwise help them.

Paranoia is knowing all the facts.

Paranoia is always right. One who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something.

Paranoia is not a comforting diagnosis. Just because you are paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you.

I called the paranoia helpline, but hung up after fifty-nine secondsI'm positive they were trying to trace my call

Paranoia's reverse form is to suspect people of plotting to make you happy.

Paranoia is like discovering a lump in your breast - just knowing it's there won't make it go away.