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Life Sciences => Physiology & Medicine => Topic started by: Hadrian on 10/07/2006 22:23:54
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How common are paranoid thoughts?
In one recent survey:
70% of people said that they had, at some time, experienced the feeling that people were deliberately trying to harm or upset them in some way.
In another study:
93% of respondents believed that, at some point, they had been talked about behind their back and
80% of people had often felt that strangers were looking at them critically
Try this test and let us know how you get on
Stop looking at me!
link to test:
http://www.iop.kcl.ac.uk/apps/paranoidthoughts/information/common.html
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.
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Originally posted by Hadrian
How common are paranoid thoughts?
In one recent survey:
70% of people said that they had, at some time, experienced the feeling that people were deliberately trying to harm or upset them in some way.
In another study:
93% of respondents believed that, at some point, they had been talked about behind their back and
80% of people had often felt that strangers were looking at them critically
Try this test and let us know how you get on
How does this prove paranoia?
It is paranoia if it is persistent and irrational, but what test has their been that these people's fears are irrational (and, the comments above do not even look at persistency, only that the people have at some time in their live felt this way.
Lies, damned lies, and statistics – Disreali.
George
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Originally posted by another_someone
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Originally posted by Hadrian
How common are paranoid thoughts?
In one recent survey:
70% of people said that they had, at some time, experienced the feeling that people were deliberately trying to harm or upset them in some way.
In another study:
93% of respondents believed that, at some point, they had been talked about behind their back and
80% of people had often felt that strangers were looking at them critically
Try this test and let us know how you get on
How does this prove paranoia?
It is paranoia if it is persistent and irrational, but what test has their been that these people's fears are irrational (and, the comments above do not even look at persistency, only that the people have at some time in their live felt this way.
Lies, damned lies, and statistics – Disreali.
George
Well i can't see how it proves anything myself but then again i don't think it set out to do so.
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.
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quote:
Originally posted by Hadrian
How common are paranoid thoughts?
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.
Oh Dear. Why are you asking ? [:)]
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just as a by the way This test is part of the King's College London website
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.