Paranoid Personality Disorder | The Signs

Could you or someone you know have PPD? In this video, Dr. Ramani, discusses the seven signs you might have paranoid personality disorder vs paranoia.

00:00 Intro
02:31 1. Suspect other people are deceiving them
03:24 2. Preoccupied with others' loyalty
05:50 3. Reluctant to confide in others
06:36 4. Find hidden "threats" in others' communication
08:52 5. Unforgiving & bear indefinite grudges
12:17 6. Perceive others attack their reputation (& counterattack)
14:47 7. Always assume their partner is cheating

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[pastelpink]

13:37 growing up with a narcissistic parent is just like that. You have no idea what you're doing wrong but you're constantly being attacked for it

[aisling]

I really appreciate how she provided real-world examples. I think I have BPD and oftentimes feel paranoid about everything. Not sure if it's mental illness, low self-esteem, trauma, or actual life experiences that make me distrustful.

[beckylieb]

growing up with someone who is a paranoid schizophrenic made me hyper vigilant about my thinking. For a long long time I thought I was quite a paranoid person, but after 40 years of watching every single so called paranoid assessment come true in real life and in practice, I have come to accept that I tend to have good instinct rather than being paranoid. Sometimes one gets a fairly good feeling for fact vs fiction without actual data, and its a good thing to be cautious when you feel this. Most people who are genuinely paranoid, tend to always be on the attack rather than overtly suspicious... well that is what I have seen over the years.

[MichelleLyn]

99% my mom has this. People view her as crazy. It’s sad to me but I know I can nor fox it so I just do what I can to comfort her. She had a horrible upbringing.

[snwbunnny]

Describes someone I know almost exactly. Hits 6/7 points on the head. It’s so difficult, painful, frustrating, and emotionally draining to be in a relationship with someone like this and I feel deeply affected by everything that happened. Thank you for this video. Makes my experience feel validated and seen.

[pla]

I absolutely love this woman. She is very articulate and has such an easy way of helping you understand everything.

[KristinaAdventures]

really appreciate the content on this channel, it's great to hear from professional therapists/psychiatrists. I've learned so much and gained so much self awareness, thank you for sharing these awesome and informative videos 🙏

[martineldritch]

This video has helped me in understanding my childhood with a PPD parent. Paranoid patterns seem to be behind much of the aggro, fear and confusion generated online and it helps the public to understand this, thank you.

[flyingpotato]

I have this and it is very difficult to explain to others. The text thing specifically. My husband gets very frustrated when I am offended by his text. The way people perceive me is frustrating as well. I do behave erratic but for me it makes perfect sense.

The lady who filed for divorce probably felt very betrayed and hurt.
From her perspective what she perceived happened WAS offensive enough to warrant said behavior.

I have never “looked” for a hidden message in a text. What I see is obvious to me.

The word for this disorder she used was pervasive and thats how it feels.

It is not a choice. It actually is a terribly struggle every day to have to try to explain to your own mind that it is wrong about what it is telling you.

The way these people joked about it actually was very hurtful. The put a stigma out on a disorder that 1% of people have. If 1% of people have this than honestly do you know how it feels or understand it thoroughly?

Empathy over judgment.

[hexgraphica]

If I may add a few more:
- frowning all the time
- thinking of things that don't seem to satisfy
- not being able to see things that make true happines

Hope it's not too late for you to enjoy life 🙂

[evenigro]

As a therapist I find her explanations extremely helpful in understanding in a more expansive way the breakdown of these "less common" disorders.

[leahflower]

I feel like if you are a sensitive person and you have more than one time where you are afraid or don't feel safe around your family you can easily be paranoid for life

[sherryripepi]

Knowledge is power. Understanding is wisdom. This is an educational video. Its an exciting learning tool, which is teaching learning skills that are saving lives both literally and figuratively

[ashreactive]

i would absolutely love to see the effects of being raised by someone with someone with PPD.

[ashreactive]

this just gave me chills!!! i was wondering about someone and thought about periods being in the wrong spot in a text to set them off. i mean, just as Dr. Ramani went to say it. WOW.

[lucia]

OMG, things finally make sense.
I have a colleague with many features mentioned in this video. Of course, I´m not going to diagnose her based on a video, but this was very helpful.
Thanks, medcircle and Dr. Ramani.

[RatusMax]

Well, I am not paranoid. #3 was because I was growing up with a narcissist. Once I left, I realized people weren't like them and it was sooo liberating. Ironically the way I beat the narcissist was telling the truth and accepting my flaws. No matter what they say or think, it didn't matter anymore. Strangely I can now spot who is not part of the norm by feeding them truth and seeing what they do with it. I don't trust humans though.

[Canaday]

Wow. This describes the ex I divorced. He lives by "Everyone out to get him so get them first"mantra .
Anytime he felt slighted and by things he took out of context.. he'd make up his false assumptions and narratives about that person and proudly proclaims he holds grudges forever..forever hating that person and coercively controlling others around him to feel the same.
He projects, blame shifts all of his paranoias, deceit, lies, and what he's guilty of onto others.

[Elizabeth-rqvi]

Divorcing because you weren’t seated at table 1 is a good thing for the spouse. If that trivial item caused that much pain there were a lot more garbage going on in that marriage

[suzannortega]

Trust me, being a “single mom” is def not as you say “an honor”…in most situations it’s a regrettable choice. I know.