It was all because I opened up to a friend, and she cared enough to level with me. It took me a little longer than four beers to convince me that my paranoia was unfounded, but I grew to believe it. Before talking to her, it didn’t occur to me to use the words paranoid and narcissistic to describe my outlook.
(Job from the Bible, not job like those horrible things where one has to waste time being bored and humiliated in exchange for money.)įinally, one night after talking to a friend, she convinced me how absurd my belief was. It was some weird Kierkegaardian/Job complex. I used to be paranoid, but rather than thinking everyone was out to get me, I believed that nobody cared about me and God wanted me to be unhappy. Paranoia is also narcissistic.Įveryone is out to get me? What makes me so great (or bad) that everyone is concerned about me? That’s narcissism.įor those of you suffering from paranoia, I’m not judging. Not only is thinking everyone is out to get you unpleasant, but it will also throw your expectations out of whack. Initially, I thought this concept was great.
Salinger Why I Initially Thought a Paranoiac in Reverse Was Great I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.”
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