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Paranoia May Be More Common Than Thought<\/a><\/p>\n

I’m trying not to read this headline literally. Since real “thought” is pretty unusual, that would mean there isn’t much paranoia. But I don’t think that’s what they meant. So, to the article:<\/p>\n

LONDON, If you think they’re out to get you, you’re not alone. Paranoia, once assumed to afflict only schizophrenics, may be a lot more common than previously thought.<\/p>\n

According to British psychologist Daniel Freeman, nearly one in four Londoners regularly have paranoid thoughts. Freeman is a paranoia expert at the Institute of Psychiatry at King’s College and the author of a book on the subject.<\/p>\n

Experts say there is a wide spectrum of paranoia, from the dangerous delusions that drive schizophrenics to violence, to the irrational fears many people have daily.<\/p>\n

“We are now starting to discover that madness is human and that we need to look at normal people to understand it,” said Dr. Jim van Os, a professor of psychiatry at Maastricht University in the Netherlands. Van Os was not connected to Freeman’s studies. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Like I said, if I lived in London, I’d be paranoid, too.<\/a><\/p>\n

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