Paranoid Ideation
Behavioral Definitions

• Extreme or consistent distrust of others generally or someone specifically, without sufficient basis
• Expectation of being exploited or harmed by others
• Misinterpretation of benign events as having threatening personal significance
• Hypersensitivity to hints of personal critical judgment by others
• Inclination to keep distance from others out of fear of being hurt or taken advantage of
• Tendency to be easily offended and quick to anger; defensiveness is common
• A pattern of being suspicious of the loyalty or fidelity of spouse or significant other without reason
• Level of mistrust is obsessional to the point of disrupting daily functioning

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