The Enemies He's Created

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Paranoia is the maladaptive attribution of hostile intent to others, especially when evidence is absent, limited, or ambiguous. It is seen in a wide array of disorders and syndromes, including malignant narcissism.

Paranoia is often self-fulfilling. The paranoid person behaves in ways that alienate the people around them, which causes them to react defensively. This reinforces the paranoid subject’s suspicions and triggers them to escalate their aggression. And the cycle repeats ad infinitum.


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