In psychology, if someone suffers from paranoia, they wrongly believe that other people are trying to harm them, or believe themselves to be much more important than they really are. Mental disorder characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur, usually without hallucinations. Paranoia was formerly classified as a distinct psychosis but is now generally treated as one of several varieties of schizophrenia or, in milder cases, of personality disorder. The paranoid person generally suffers from exaggerated self-reference, a tendency to construe independent events and acts as pertaining to him-or herself
If you say that someone suffers from paranoia, you think that they are too suspicious and afraid of other people. The mood is one of paranoia and expectation of war
A chronic form of insanity characterized by very gradual impairment of the intellect, systematized delusion, and usually by delusious of persecution or mandatory delusions producing homicidal tendency
A belief that the actions of others is demeaning or threatening Feelings of being exploited or harmed by others Questioning loyalty or trustworthiness of friends or associates