"The symptoms of paranoia can include: being defensive, hostile, and aggressive; being easily offended; believing you are always right and having trouble relaxing or letting your guard down; not being able to compromise, forgive, or accept criticism; not being able to trust or confide in other people and so on. Some identifiable beliefs and behaviours of individuals with symptoms of paranoia include mistrust, hypervigilance, difficulty with forgiveness, defensive attitude in response to imagined criticism, preoccupation with hidden motives, fear of being deceived or taken advantage of, inability to relax, or are argumentative. Paranoia can be a symptom or a sign of a psychotic disorder, such as schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. Seven paranoia or paranoid delusions are fixed false beliefs and are considered one type of psychotic symptom. In general people with schizophrenia are no worse at taking their medication than people with other long term health conditions."

Arjun Julian

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