how can you tell if you are paranoid?

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 10:32 am

glauber wrote:And remember: just because you're paranoid, it doesn't mean they aren't out to get you.

That's very true.

Wombat · Post by **Wombat** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 10:58 am

That bear is really offensive. There is nothing funny about being delusional or about having to look after someone who is.

The genuinely funny jokes about paranoia all exploit the fact that even the sanest person can find it hard to tell the difference between real persecution and insecurity about how one is being perceived. That is compatible with having compassion for those who slip into systematically and chronically getting it wrong.

susnfx · Post by **susnfx** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 11:15 am

I just sent an email to the Vermont Teddy Bear Company. You can contact them here:

http://store.yahoo.com/vtbear/contact.html#1

Susan

Post by **Dale** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 11:19 am

Look. Forgive me...and no offense to people who started or have participated in this thread, but it just makes me a little uncomfortable. Could we please move on?

Thanks,

Dale

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 11:20 am

Wombat wrote:That bear is really offensive. There is nothing funny about being delusional or about having to look after someone who is.

The genuinely funny jokes about paranoia all exploit the fact that even the sanest person can find it hard to tell the difference between real persecution and insecurity about how one is being perceived. That is compatible with having compassion for those who slip into systematically and chronically getting it wrong.

I agree that it's offensive. I found it originally here:

http://www.livejournal.com/community/ps ... html?nc=18

However, like many people there have said, we who are mentally ill (including me), and we in the mental health community (in which I include msyelf, although I am 'just' a student thus far) have to have a sense of humor.