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Paranoia

Purplemoon2008

Hi again everyone. I've suffered from paranoia for years about what other people's intentions are towards me if their out to halm me in some way and if others are talking about me in the workplace so much so I can no longer work. Is this common in autism or not ? 

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  • Clinically paranoia is a term for a delusional belief that someone has that they are at risk form others, there is a conspiracy against them etc. This is what psychiatrists and other mental health professionals mean when they use the word talking to one another. I do not think this is particularly a symptom associated with autism.

    Most regular people seem to use the word to mean an anxiety or a worry about other people that may seem more rational to an outsider. E.g. I used to worry that people didn't really like me and were only being nice to me to be nice. Or if someone is in a bad mood I'd worry that it was because of something I'd done wrong. I think I, and some other people with autism, might be more prone to this because I can be bad at reading people and situations or understanding how friendships work so I'm prone to misinterpreting situations in a way that makes me anxious.

    I hope I have made sense here.

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  • Clinically paranoia is a term for a delusional belief that someone has that they are at risk form others, there is a conspiracy against them etc. This is what psychiatrists and other mental health professionals mean when they use the word talking to one another. I do not think this is particularly a symptom associated with autism.

    Most regular people seem to use the word to mean an anxiety or a worry about other people that may seem more rational to an outsider. E.g. I used to worry that people didn't really like me and were only being nice to me to be nice. Or if someone is in a bad mood I'd worry that it was because of something I'd done wrong. I think I, and some other people with autism, might be more prone to this because I can be bad at reading people and situations or understanding how friendships work so I'm prone to misinterpreting situations in a way that makes me anxious.

    I hope I have made sense here.

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