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Quoting psychotherapist Joseph Berke, the authors report that, "even paranoids have enemies". [3] Delusions are "abnormal beliefs" and may be bizarre (considered impossible to be true), or non-bizarre (possible, but considered by the clinician as highly improbable).
Even Paranoids Have Enemies: New Perspectives on Paranoia and Persecution (co-editor).(1998)London: Routledge; Beyond Madness: PsychoSocial Interventions in Psychosis (co-editor)(2001) London: Jessica Kingsley
Other studies have shown that there may only be certain types of delusions that promote any violent behaviors, persecutory delusions seem to be one of these. [37] Having resentful emotions towards others and the inability to understand what other people are feeling seem to have an association with violence in paranoid individuals.
Even if reported wrongly, putative last words can constitute an important part of the perceived historical records [2] or demonstration of cultural attitudes toward death at the time. [1] Charles Darwin, for example, was reported to have disavowed his theory of evolution in favor of traditional religious faith at his death. This widely ...
Accounts of Irish atrocities during the Rebellion of 1641 are now dismissed as propaganda, but led to real massacres. [11]In a sermon at Clermont during the Crusades, Urban II justified the war against Islam by claiming that the enemy "had ravaged the churches of God in the Eastern provinces, circumcised Christian men, violated women, and carried out the most unspeakable torture before killing ...
If you have a look at some of the references (particularly the Freeman and Garety book, which has a good review of the literature) you'll notice that even in psychiatry, paranoia can refer to non-psychotic, non-delusional states and that anxiety is thought to be a key component even of clinical paranoia.
Paranoid personality disorder (PPD) is a mental disorder characterized by paranoia, and a pervasive, long-standing suspiciousness and generalized mistrust of others. People with this personality disorder may be hypersensitive, easily insulted, and habitually relate to the world by vigilant scanning of the environment for clues or suggestions that may validate their fears or biases.
"Wherever I look I see nothing but the Divinity.—I have committed numerous crimes and I know not with what punishments I may be seized.—The agonies of death come upon me fast.—I am going. Whatever good or evil I have done, it was for you. No one has seen the departure of his own soul; but I know that mine is departing." [4]