According the Cleveland Clinic, Paranoid personality disorder (PPD) is a mental health condition marked by a pattern of distrust and suspicion of others without adequate reason to be suspicious. People with PPD are always on guard, believing that others are constantly trying to demean, harm or threaten them.[1] Paranoid beliefs are prevalent in many individuals and are often the cause of disputes between individuals and society.
Claude Steiner wrote:
- Traditionally, psychiatry has dealt with paranoid ideation by further discounting its validity. In my experience, effective therapy encourages the expression of people's paranoid fantasies and seeks their possible, even if only partial validation by willingly searching for the grain of truth in them. Mindlessness, the alienation from our mind is best treated by replacing lies and discounts with truthfulness. [1]
Causes of paranoid personality disorder
Poor emotional control and anger management issues causes problems in relationships.[2] A sense of unhealthy entitlement helps fuel anger in men.[3]
One of the causes of paranoid personality disorder is separation or divorce.[4] And one of the causes of divorce is paranoid personality disorder.[5]
One of the symptoms of paranoid personality disorder is quickly feeling anger and hostility towards others.[6]
One of the causes of paranoid personality disorder is separation or divorce.[4] And one of the causes of divorce is paranoid personality disorder.[5]
One of the symptoms of paranoid personality disorder is quickly feeling anger and hostility towards others.[6]
Causes of paronoid personality disorder include:[7]
- History of schizophrenia and delusional disorder.
- Early childhood trauma may be a contributing factor as well.
Other contributing factors include:
- Living in a low-income household
- Being separated or divorced
- Being widowed
- Never marrying
- It can be caused by psychosis or by certain drugs. Outside of paranoia caused by various factors and psychiatric illnesses, another cause of paranoia is the use of illegal drugs such as cannabis, amphetamines and cocaine. All of these narcotics cause harm which can lead to paranoia, or in turn cause psychiatric illnesses that then lead to the sufferer experiencing paranoia.[8] As with other mental problems, paranoia may be treated by the sufferer recognizing the problem and seeking medical assistance. Treatment can be difficult as the patient often does not trust the caretaker.
Symptoms of paranoid personality disorder
Symptoms of paranoid personality disorder include:[9][10]
- Individuals with paranoid schizophrenia and persecutory delusional disorder experience what is known as persecutory delusions: an irrational, yet unshakable, belief that someone or others are plotting against them.
- Finding demeaning or threatening subtext in even the most innocent of comments or events
- Being reluctant to confide in others
- Bearing grudges
- Quickly feeling anger and hostility toward others
- Not able to work together with others
- Social isolation
- Detachment
Paranoid personality disorder and divorce
See also: Paranoid personality disorder and divorce
The abstract for the journal article Personality Disorder Symptoms Are Differentially Related to Divorce Frequency states:
- "Divorce is associated with a multitude of outcomes related to health and well-being. Data from a representative community sample (N = 1,241) of St. Louis residents (ages 55–64) were used to examine associations between personality pathology and divorce in late midlife. Symptoms of the 10 DSM–IV personality disorders were assessed with the Structured Interview for DSM–IV Personality and the Multisource Assessment of Personality Pathology (both self and informant versions). Multiple regression analyses showed Paranoia and Histrionic personality disorder symptoms to be consistently and positively associated with number of divorces across all three sources of personality assessment. Conversely, Avoidant personality disorder symptoms were negatively associated with number of divorces. The present paper provides new information about the relationship between divorce and personality pathology at a developmental stage that is understudied in both domains."[11]
Mass Paranoia
Paranoid delusions may be shared by individuals such as within political movements, social groups and national groups. This is known as mass paranoia where the group irrationally believes it is the victim of a conspiracy aimed at its destruction.
References
- ↑ Paranoid personality disorder, Cleveland Clinic
- ↑ When Anger Becomes Emotional Abuse: How to Control Anger and Frustration in a Relationship, Psycom.net
- ↑ Predicting men's anger management: Relationships with gender role journey and entitlement.
- ↑ Paranoid Personality Disorder (PPD, Healthline.com
- ↑ Personality Disorder Symptoms Are Differentially Related to Divorce Frequency by Krystle L., Disney, Yana Weinstein, and Thomas F. Oltmanns, Journal of Family Psychology. 2012 Dec; 26(6): 959–965.doi: 10.1037/a0030446
- ↑ Paranoid Personality Disorder (PPD, Healthline.com
- ↑ Paranoid Personality Disorder (PPD, Healthline.com
- ↑ http://www.thesite.org/healthandwellbeing/mentalhealth/otherconditions/paranoia
- ↑ Paranoid Personality Disorder (PPD, Healthline.com
- ↑ Paranoid personality disorder, Medline Plus website
- ↑ Personality Disorder Symptoms Are Differentially Related to Divorce Frequency by Krystle L., Disney, Yana Weinstein, and Thomas F. Oltmanns, Journal of Family Psychology. 2012 Dec; 26(6): 959–965.doi: 10.1037/a0030446