Paranoia

Shall we just face it. We've all been paranoid. Its an inevitable human instinct to feel anxiety or fear. But how do we know when its gone too far ? When the paranoia becomes a disillusion. Paranoia, in my opinion, might as well be classed as a virus. It gets inside you, eats you up, makes you sick to your stomach and can kill beautiful things. Supposedly, mentally sick people don't know that they are mentally ill. So stemming from that, how do paranoid people know that they are paranoid, when paranoia is classed as madness ?

"A paranoid is someone who knows little of whats going on." - William. S. Burroughs. So being paranoid means you know little of reality. But it doesn't stop you from thinking you know it all, you've found everything out, you know the truth from the lies. When in fact, you probably don't know the half of it.

Being paranoid is the worst thing to live with, it could start off as a simple suspicion. Some one who is a little bitter or jealous of someone, something. It will make you irritable, depressed and selfish. But who really wants to live with that. I don't expect anyone does, but can it be helped ?

Clearly being paranoid isn't something that just occurs out of the blue, there is something, someone who will trigger that feeling of doubt. Make you question things, make you think the worst. Whatever that may be, there is always something, the feeling of lack of trust, the feeling of doubt, a fear, that has been put into your head.

So whats the cure to paranoia ? Is there one ? Well unless you'd like to inject yourself with insulin, or undergo serious psychological therapy ... there is none. Its all in your head. And unless you can see except that, then how can you move forward. You need to trust those around you, be a little less fearful of everything, have faith, don't doubt things. Its obviously not as easy as it sounds. As much as maybe you'd like to forget all of the worries in the back of your mind, push them away, lock them up so they can never taint your thoughts again, you need trust, and peace of mind. But unfortunately that's something only you can get back on your own.