Severe Paranoia?? - Not sure where this should go
 

Ive always been quite a paranoid person but over the past couple of weeks its been getting out of control. Ive never really seen it as a problem, i always thought it was down to my depression, until last night. I saw some mates, they were chatting in the kitchen without me, i went absolutely crazy, thinking they were talking about me, i started hitting things, throwing things, i had to be pulled off one of my mates and held back before i beat her up, all because i thought they were plotting against me

Im constantly on edge thinking people are talking about me behind my back, if anybody does anything bad to me i hold grudges on them, and literally plan revenge, and sometimes it gets so much that i go mad and out of control. Its only because of what happened last night thats made me think back to how ive been acting, i just put it down to my old paranoid self before.

I was just wondering if anybody else had any paranoid problems because of their depression?? Its really getting me down, it feels as though its wearing my tiny brain out

I have had that a heck of a lot. I take things too literally and in a very negative light, meaning i get upset very easily. I also, partly from being scaired I was being bullied and always thinking people were talking about me behind my back (I used to be bullied and some of my 'friends' did say horrid stuff about me behind my back A LOT) am very paranoid in the same way to you. I dunno what the point of this was but I just wanted to say your not alone.

I found that sometimes by trying to think more logically helped, like even if they were saying something, so what. Or what can they be saying that is so bad. Try to be confident in yourself and then you might not have such paranoia in your head. I'm not saying confidence makes it all better and that I am ok now, but when I am feeling more confident and in control it doesnt seem to bother me as much. Take care.

x Marie x

I'm paranoid by nature. Anxiety makes it worse. I just end up being paranoid and not doing much to lessen it, I wouldn't know what to do anyhow. Staying away from people helps but you can't do that all the time I guess.

Matt

The Mind booklet on Understanding Paranoia [which I recommend highly linky here. ah the wonders of now having fast internet! Understanding paranoia] lists severe anxiety and depression as being some of the illnesses where paranoia is present. I know that I felt so relieved on reading that.
Yes. I have depression, anxiety and paranoia. Partly its PTSD related. And also learnt from my dad, who was very paranoid and unwell himself when I was growing up. I learnt that the world was an unsafe place. Of course the world is never totally safe, but safer than Paranoid Mind would have us believe.

This is almost completely irrelevant to the thread but, coincidently now my paranoia is kicking in.:ermm:
For my paranoia, I find it best to lay down in a dark room and ignore the voices and sounds I'm hearing and close my eyes and visualize somewhere peaceful.

*hugs* i have paranoid experiances because of god knows what. I think everyone is talking and laughing at me which isnt helped by the fact that i catch peoples eyes really easily and i find it hard to look away.

I think peopel can read my mind alot of the time which is really annoying because i can feel there presence near me and i feel that they are watching me and thinkign about me and knowing what i'm thinking and it drives me ****ing mad!

Take care and try your best to ignore it, concentrate on somthing else.

xxxx