Is Paranoia real, bad, or what?

[Scythe13]

Think this has kind of lost the point of what I was on about.

Paranoia is only paranoia if the end result is different from what you suspected. In retrospect you would not have been paranoid, only foreseen an uncommonly recognised outcome.

Getting lost in the meaning of paranoia has also lost the point of the post. Many people think that anyone expecting the social contract to snap, is paranoid. That's the reference point I'm coming from.

If you want to get really technical, then yes paranoia does mean you have real mental issues and should go and see the appropriate authorities. However, if you have no scientific evidence for your reason be believe something will happen, then you should probably go and see the same authorities, because your view of TEOTWAWKI or even a general SHTF situation, is based on opinion and not fact. In which case, you are paranoid.