Noun
Mental derangement; insanity.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA baby is born into this world in a state of fear. Total paranoia and awareness. He sees the world with eyes not used yet. As he grows up, his parents lay all this stuff on him. They tell him, when they should be letting him tell them. Let the children lead you. Charles Manson
But when I first got cancer, after the initial shock and the fear and paranoia and crying and all that goes with cancer - that word means to most people ultimate death - I decided to see what I could do to take that negative and use it in a positive way. Herbie Mann
Strange how paranoia can link up with reality now and then. Philip K. Dick
Paranoia is a survival trait when you run in my circles. It gives you something to do in your spare time, coming up with solutions to ridiculous problems that aren't ever going to happen. Except when one of them does, at which point you feel way too vindicated. - Harry Dresden, Changes, Jim Butcher. Jim Butcher
Is my paranoia getting completely out of hand, or are you mongoloids really talking about me? John Kennedy Toole
Misplaced paranoia could be as great a mistake as misplaced faith. Lois McMaster Bujold