When people talk about paranoia, I don’t think they realise how all-consuming and life-limiting it can be. I have been told by my psychiatrist that I have at least traits of Paranoid Personality Disorder (PPD), if not the full condition, and if I’m honest I don’t know how much worse it would need to get…
My earliest recollection of not being ‘normal’ was aged around eight. I’m 55 now. My first suicide attempt was at 15 but it wasn’t until around age 23/24 that I was able to pluck up the courage to talk to my GP about depression and what to do about it. On paper, I’m diagnosed with…
Paranoid Personality Disorder (PPD) is one of a group of conditions called Cluster A personality disorders which involve odd and eccentric ways of thinking. People with PPD suffer from severe paranoia, an unrelenting mistrust and suspicion of others, even when there is no reason to be suspicious. Unrelenting, because it cannot be diminished by saying,…