Paranoid

Paranoid (paranoid) — one of the psychotypes, a characteristic personality pattern, sometimes character accentuation.

Paranoid is a projectile with great penetration power. Energetic, never doubting his rightness and the wrongness of all those who hesitate, he rushes like a tank, and resistance only strengthens his pressure. In ordinary life, this is just a purposeful and self-confident person who knows what he needs. If he has an “overvalued idea”, everything obeys this, and he goes ahead of her, sweeping away everything in his path and not paying attention to trifles and details — for example, to people.

He does not like to chat and philosophize for a long time, he is a man of action, although if he needs to convince you of something, he will not spare either his or your time for this. If you are in the same business with him, you can rely on him: he is reliable, firmly holds the program and fulfills the agreements. However, if you have left the sphere of his interests, do not rely on past friendship and feelings of affection: you have remained in his past, and he is not inclined to remember the past.

The paranoid is not sentimental, and appealing to his feelings is like playing the flute in front of a rushing herd of buffalo: possible, but useless. As a person «on his own mind», he is rather distrustful and more often sees the bad in people. Oddly enough, in this he is most often right..

He seems to enjoy pushing a little, and his usual lifestyle is wrestling. Of course, he always fights for the best and for justice, and almost always it turns out to be the protection of his interests: apparently, because he personifies all the best for himself. He calls it «I respect myself», others call it «delusions of grandeur».

It is difficult with him in the family — he is always at work, next to relatives (and children) is demanding, it is not easy to discuss anything with him — he knows the solution right away and is categorical in his judgments. He is easily turned on to objections, answers to taunts with a gu.e.stu and, most importantly, is very difficult in jealousy.

All the best and all the worst in life we ​​owe to the paranoid.

What to do?

If you are paranoid, then do not listen to those who call you names, and appreciate yourself: among all character accentuations, you are the most decent type. However, to enhance your strengths, pay attention to the exercises for the «Hawk» («Smile», «Peace be with you», «Transfer of the initiative», «Evaluation of oneself», «Pleasant conversation», «Cloud in pants», «Approval ”, “Thunderstorm is canceled”, “Sage”).

You will become calmer and softer if you switch to vegetarianism and interest yourself in Eastern philosophical teachings — such as the philosophy of yoga, Zen and others.

It will be useful if you write beautifully on a sheet and hang self-hypnosis slogans on your wall in front of your eyes:

“Deeds are for a person, not a person for a deed”

“You can’t make those far away happy by making your neighbors unhappy”

“In the eternal pursuit of future success, life passes us by, not lived by us …”

This is not always true, but it is useful to reflect on these things. In the same direction, try reciting the Dhammapada daily as a prayer. Yes, and relax the muscles of the jaws, they are constantly compressed.

Recommendations for the anti-paranoid

If, according to the test results, you are more of an Anti-paranoid, then the Dove exercises are useful for you: “Not-smile”, “No”, “Seizure of the initiative”, “Lip”, “I will give you a mark”, “Freedom of negative emotions”, «Freedom of accusations», «Put things in order». See the Mood Man exercises here.

What else? Give up laziness, contemplation, worries and dreams, get down to business. Whatever you do (read, talk, wonder, go crazy), sum up: what is the bottom line? Product, result? What exactly did it bring into your life? Can this be felt somehow?

And the most terrible recommendation: even if not for long, but get yourself at least one enemy in order to develop fighting qualities in yourself. If for a while, it will be rather useful!

Learn more about paranoid traits

Purposefulness of the paranoid. Paranoid and order. Paranoia and Religion. Politics and science are paranoid. Paranoia and empathy. Paranoid and friendship. Paranoid thinking. Paranoid speech. Paranoid and family. Paranoid and image. Paranoid and humour. Paranoia and health. Psychotechnics of communication paranoid. Paranoid aliases. Paranoid and money. Erudition and memory of the paranoid. Paranoid and career. Paranoid selfishness. Paranoid and the law. Paranoid and sacrificial. Paranoid and work. Value orientations of the paranoid.

Real life examples: Chairman Kirill Orlovsky

On July 6, 1944, Hero of the Soviet Union, lieutenant colonel of state security Kirill Orlovsky wrote a letter to I.V. Stalin, where he asked for money in exchange for obligations. Look at what … And most importantly — he did it! See →