In psychology classes in colleges across America, they discuss the issues of paranoia and schizophrenics. Such anomalies are fun to study and generally they are studied as brain disorders. But there are some very interesting facts about these folks, which often do not consider. First many borderline schizophrenics are off the chart on the side of intelligence, as well as their similar paranoid anomalies.
I have met some paranoid people in my day and many schizophrenics; they are interesting anomalies actually. Sometimes we are annoyed by paranoid people, yet often intelligence agencies do not try to stay away from them and would rather recruit them if you need something done. Not all schizophrenics are bad, some are quite pleasant and one in 100 people are said to suffer from some from of schizophrenia.
For those who are annoyed by these folks, you should not let others bother you so much really. If you find yourself bothered by paranoid people and you wish they would leave you alone. You might simply tell them:
"Just because you are paranoid does not mean they are not after you?"
See what they say then, as you might find them letting down their guard and thus break the ice and find it much easier to deal with them as if they were normal folks, just like you or I. So, consider this in 2006.
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