June 29, 2006
Paranoia, The Destroyer
And it goes like this. All kidding aside, a study just came out in the UK claiming that:
"Over 40% of people regularly worry that negative comments are being made about them; 27% think that people deliberately try to irritate theml 20% worry about being observed or followed; 10% think that someone has it in for them; 5% worry that there's a conspiracy to harm them."
The study claims that one-third of all Brits suffer from paranoia and that the rate is as high as for depression and anxiety. And now there's a British website all about paranoia. We aren't talking paranoid schizophrenia or bipolar disorder or depression here. This is something else. At least, I think it is.
Um, I see another front being opened on the "everyone is mentally ill" front. And when I accessed an article on the study, it had an ad for Abilify on the page. I'm sure there's no connection!
Posted by Philip Dawdy at June 29, 2006 12:01 AM
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This absolutely makes sense. Although I had a short battle with clinical depression, I would say I fall into that 40% of worriers pretty consistently. Perhaps a certain amount of mental dysfunction is normal.
Studies, illness and meds aside...doesn't that sound like most junior high age kid angst?
I teach in middle school and let me tell you everyone "doesnt like me" "is talking about me" "looking at me" " .
Not to downplay mental illness, and real paranoia, but yep sometimes this stuff is kind of about the human aspect of life.
If we have food on our shirt life isnt over.
i agree with both of you. seriously.
