When we think of “paranoia” and mental illness, our minds might conjure up images from the film “A Beautiful Mind,” a movie based loosely on the life of John Nash (played by Russell Crowe), a mathematician with schizophrenia.
This isn’t a bad example to have come to mind — after all, paranoia is a common feature in psychotic disorders like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
But what about those pesky “paranoid” thoughts you can get in the throes of depression? According to Mental Health America, paranoia is characterized by intense, anxious feelings typically related to persecution, threat or conspiracy.
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