Prof Sam Vaknin
Prof Sam Vaknin
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Paranoid as Wounded Healer, Educator (Anticipatory Paranoia)

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Paranoids possess an internalized bad object. They anticipate just punishment for their misconduct and this results in paranoid ideation and prosocial reframing in a morality play or conspiracy theory.

Paranoid ideation as anxiety management based on a self-enhancing, prosocial narrative (morality play founded on splitting)

Ego dystony, magical thinking, persecutory delusions

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