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A '''persecution complex''' is a belief and [[psychology|psychological condition]] by which an [[individual]] or a [[group]] believes that, whenever that entity faces adversity, it must be because of symptoms beyond their control, or the hatred of their enemies. For example, someone suffering from a persecution complex will ascribe their individual failures to [[censorship]] rather than an individual problem. | A '''persecution complex''' is a belief and [[psychology|psychological condition]] by which an [[individual]] or a [[group]] believes that, whenever that entity faces adversity, it must be because of symptoms beyond their control, or the hatred of their enemies. For example, someone suffering from a persecution complex will ascribe their individual failures to [[censorship]] rather than an individual problem. | ||
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| + | According to Roger Gould, M.D., "Sometimes it is an exaggeration of a real situation and at other times it is totally ungrounded in reality, a product of the person's inner life projection onto the world . That is when it is called paranoia." <ref>http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Mental-Health/Persecution-Complex/show/266760</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 07:55, August 9, 2009
A persecution complex is a belief and psychological condition by which an individual or a group believes that, whenever that entity faces adversity, it must be because of symptoms beyond their control, or the hatred of their enemies. For example, someone suffering from a persecution complex will ascribe their individual failures to censorship rather than an individual problem.
According to Roger Gould, M.D., "Sometimes it is an exaggeration of a real situation and at other times it is totally ungrounded in reality, a product of the person's inner life projection onto the world . That is when it is called paranoia." [1]