JUST BECAUSE YOU’RE NOT PARANOID DOESN’T MEAN THEY’RE NOT OUT TO GET YOU

A study from the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London shocked researchers who found that levels of paranoia among the general population are even higher than anyone estimated. According to their study, as many as one in three people suffer from paranoid or suspiciuos fears. Researchers came up with these numbers: over 40% of people regularly worry that negative comments are being made about them; 27% think that people deliberately try to irritate them; 20% worry about being observed or followed; 10% think that someone has it in for them; 5% worry that there is a conspiracy to harm them. I wonder if these numbers are a bit higher than normal becuase the researchers secretly followed people around and taped their phone conversations in order to study their levels of paranoia... (BBC)