Word: paranoia
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...Kinney), resentful of her stepmother (Meg Tilly) and jealous of the woman's attentions to her own small son (Reilly Murphy). Why, Marti might almost believe -- as so many teens do of their own families -- that her broody brood is a pack of soulless zombies from another planet. But paranoia is merely another word for self-preservation; and Marti, who never hides her raw feelings, is just the person to detect the wholesale poddifying of her family. By the end, and for the noblest cause -- saving the earth -- she will need to see them all killed...
...absolutely shocking that the arrogance of the atomic age and the paranoia of the Cold War resulted in the designation of tiny children at the Wrentham School as 'desirable' subjects for tests related to radioactive fallout," Markey said in a written statement...
While the form of depression I suffer is vastly different from stereotypes of mental illness, it has much in common with millions of other cases: I and most other sufferers have never even remotely verged on any derangement, psychosis, hallucinations, paranoia, catatonia, multiple personalities or even wide mood-swings (the preceding symptoms are associated with a variety of forms of schizophrenia, manic-depression, etc.). Further, I know for my own case through many experiences over decades that I possess more resilience, resourcefulness, clear judgment and tolerance of stress in difficult situations (including several near-death events) than most "healthy" persons...
...Perot is famous for his paranoia and conspiracy theories. Additionally, the threat allowed Perot to wield some particularly useful stereotypes in his battle against NAFTA: Oliver Stone-style Cuban mercenaries and Mexican mafioso drug dealers...
...going outside. "What if they see us?" he would ask, and when I asked him who "they" were, he would become frantic: "Don't be so stupid!" he'd scream in reply. His fear of the woman through the fire-door seemed somehow connected to this type of exaggerated paranoia...