please, am i paranoid?

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Thread Topic: please, am i paranoid?

laina
Joined: Oct 31, '09
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2009-10-31 03:58:17
I am 16 years old and have always thought i was somewhat paranoid.. and last night after scaring myself to death thinking that every noise in the house was a break in of a murderer and that every sound in the house resembled (to my mind) noises of my family being professionally quietly murdered. It was terrible and i got hardly any sleep. so I want to get to the bottom of this and know if this is paranoia i'm dealing with. Here are some more situations where people have called me "paranoid":

When i am out on the street i suspect everyone that i walk past is going to stab me, or harm me. (which i soon find is untrue as i walk past them)

The second someone is behind me i believe they are or will stalk me.

If my parents are cooking in the kitchen and chopping up food with an either large or sharp knife, if i am in the room i begain to believe that they are going to carry out some vicious knife attack on me.

I Also believe to hear my name being said a lot, by people i know and those i don't. And my name isn't exactly common so i shouldn't mistake it for someone calling someone else.

And lastly I tend to suspect my friends and all people i know of a lot of things. It's hard to narrow it down to a general accusation beacuse i tend to believe a lot of things.

I know this is a long post but i want to make sure people have enough information to supply me with a good answer. Please help me io need to know if this is paranoia or something else as a lot of these "fears" seems to be viiolent or murder related.
Unanswered Thread:
   paranoid hypochondriac posted by cncathy 2 hours ago
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Joined: Oct 24, '09
Status: Junior User
2009-10-31 07:09:06
sounds like it to me
sadder
Joined: Oct 31, '09
Status: New User
2009-10-31 11:13:01
I think you should tell your parents you think you need to see a psychologist/psychiatrist. I wish I had seen one earlier in life.
laina
Joined: Oct 31, '09
Status: New User
2009-11-03 08:35:13
ok thank you guys
CrazyGuy
Joined: Oct 13, '09
Status: Junior User
2009-11-03 08:47:39
Yea it seems so, i have the same things and more and i just told my parents today.
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