paranoid
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Elias told the inquiry he only learned of his brother's paranoid schizophrenia diagnosis in October 2023, four months after the killings.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
It is a paranoid reflex that turns any hint of infiltration into proof of betrayal.
From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026
He led Intel to unimaginable heights, wrote management texts and coined the mantra “only the paranoid survive.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026
Once they arrived, Scott told the officers that he had paranoid schizophrenia and was having active hallucinations.
From Slate • Apr. 21, 2026
Emery keeps texting to ask if I’m here yet, which is making me feel even more paranoid.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
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