There's certain logic to such behavior, after all. When it is, I can sense it and know how to deal with it. I wouldn't even say it's about malicious intent, at least it's seldom the case. Most of the time, I don't notice it on conscious level. In terms of defense mechanisms, it's believed to be paranoid projection. It's called Hostile Attribution Bias in psychopaths, sociopaths and narcissists. So I guess the paranoia that I am thinking of involves assuming that people will stab you in the back, or are being-two faced, will at some point act destructively towards you, etc., and thus acting accordingly with the assumption that those things are likely to happen. Anticipating that people will betray you, and preparing for an eventual betrayal by taking precautions, such as being careful with how genuinely you really open up to people, saving or screenshotting sensitive or potentially damaging material very early on, in case it is ever needed, being parsimonious with the information about yourself that you give to others, etc. The paranoia that I am talking about basically involves assuming that others have malevolent intentions towards you, or that others will ultimately act in harmful and destructive ways towards you. I'm talking about a more rational version of paranoia. So I'm not talking about paranoia that involves believing the government is spying on you or anything like that. The type of paranoia that I am describing is NOT the irrational paranoia experienced by, say, paranoid schizophrenics.
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