paranoia

Max Cady either validates the paranoia of upstanding men obsessed with protecting or dominating women, or the disdain felt by those whom such men look down upon.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026

"This paranoia and psychosis started kicking in… there was severe anxiety, panic attacks," Lowri, who spent six weeks in a neuropsychiatric hospital, said.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

Also, how far they’ll push the deep-seated paranoia on which thrillers like this have not only thrived but helped to cultivate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

All of them would later influence “Leviticus”’ visceral atmosphere of romance, paranoia and dread.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

If that isn’t enough to give an animal paranoia, I don’t know what is.

From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel

He described the car as a “mobile fortress” and paints an exceedingly dour view of a desolate city center disconnected from suburbs rife with paranoias about security.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2021

It’s an uncanny combination of paranoias and legitimate concerns, but it’s undeniably working.

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2020

YG’s present-day concerns and paranoias revitalized the heavy legacy of West Coast hip-hop, and the album became a contemporary classic, if there can be such a thing.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 13, 2018

For the few specialists who have looked closely, targeted individuals represent an alarming development in the history of mental illness: thousands of sick people, banded together and demanding recognition on the basis of shared paranoias.

From New York Times ● Jun. 10, 2016

I remembered the walls made of grain sacks and ammunition boxes, of my father’s fears and paranoias, his scriptures and prophecies.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover