Paranoid

jimmyfigrolls · 15-10-2014 3:03am #1

I'm confused about the word paranoid being used so readily instead of the word suspicious. eg : "I had my suspicions" instead of "yeah i was paranoid". Paranoia is a mental illness or personality disorder so if you have a suspicion nowadays you must be wrong or delusional for thinking about something, or is it not alright to think things out anymore?

Lalealea · 15-10-2014 3:11am

Paranoia is heavily influenced by fear and always involves abnormal reasoning. Suspicions are brought about by normal reasoning and are not influenced by fear.

jimmyfigrolls · 15-10-2014 3:13am

That's my point the word paranoid has replaced normal healthy suspicion.

Lalealea · 15-10-2014 3:15am

jimmyfigrolls wrote: »

That's my point the word paranoid has replaced normal healthy suspicion.

No, I don't think so.

Lalealea · 15-10-2014 3:15am

Why do you say that?

jimmyfigrolls · 15-10-2014 3:20am

Lalealea wrote: »

Paranoia is heavily influenced by fear and always involves abnormal reasoning. Suspicions are brought about by normal reasoning and are not influenced by fear.

It has become slang for suspicion as far as i can tell. Everyone i know uses and overuses it and misuses it.

indigo twist · 15-10-2014 3:26am

jimmyfigrolls wrote: »

It has become slang for suspicion as far as i can tell. Everyone i know uses and overuses it and misuses it.

Nah you're just paranoid.

Lalealea · 15-10-2014 3:26am

jimmyfigrolls wrote: »

It has become slang for suspicion as far as i can tell. Everyone i know uses and overuses it and misuses it.

I think it's more slang for overly and unecessarily suspicious. But point taken. :-)

jacksie66 · 15-10-2014 3:30am

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Lalealea · 15-10-2014 3:31am

Is this about something specific JommyFigrolls?....by the way I like your biscuit choice. :-)

jimmyfigrolls · 15-10-2014 3:38am

Lalealea wrote: »

Is this about something specific JommyFigrolls?....by the way I like your biscuit choice. :-)

Just a pet peeve i suppose. Kudos on your exceptional taste in biscuits ; )

Lalealea · 15-10-2014 3:41am

I can make good biscuits. I made chocolate ginger cookies for a friends party once that people said were amazing. :-)

jimmyfigrolls · 15-10-2014 3:45am

Lalealea wrote: »

I can make good biscuits. I made chocolate ginger cookies for a friends party once that people said were amazing. :-)

Nice, i presume crispy ginger biscuits with a chocolate coating?

Lalealea · 15-10-2014 3:48am

jimmyfigrolls wrote: »

Nice, i presume crispy ginger biscuits with a chocolate coating?

No coco powder, crystallized ginger pieces and dried ginger power in the dough and then chocolate covering. It was a chewy cookieish type dough.

jimmyfigrolls · 15-10-2014 3:53am

Lalealea wrote: »

No coco powder, crystallized ginger pieces and dried ginger power in the dough and then chocolate covering. It was a chewy cookieish type dough.

No wonder people talked about them.. Now that's creativity! wow just wow.

Lalealea · 15-10-2014 3:59am

jimmyfigrolls wrote: »

No wonder people talked about them.. Now that's creativity! wow just wow.

Careful i am not used to praise.

I also made them Madeira cake and brownies!

jimmyfigrolls · 15-10-2014 4:05am

Lalealea wrote: »

Careful i am not used to praise.

I also made them Madeira cake and brownies!

If i were you i'd be accepting praise as currency for the delights you made : ) I'm digging out the last of my blueberries from the freezer tomorrow to make muffins with vanilla and white chocolate.

Lalealea · 15-10-2014 4:07am

jimmyfigrolls wrote: »

If i were you i'd be accepting praise as currency for the delights you made : ) I'm digging out the last of my blueberries from the freezer tomorrow to make muffins with vanilla and white chocolate.

ooh lovely!

jimmyfigrolls · 15-10-2014 4:09am

Lalealea wrote: »

ooh lovely!

Swap for some ginger and choc cookies lol

Lalealea · 15-10-2014 4:11am

jimmyfigrolls wrote: »

Swap for some ginger and choc cookies lol

Deal! :-)

jimmyfigrolls · 15-10-2014 4:13am

Lalealea wrote: »

Deal! :-)

:-)

--LOS-- · 15-10-2014 4:19am

All this flirting over biscuits is getting weird

Lalealea · 15-10-2014 4:22am

--LOS-- wrote: »

All this flirting over biscuits is getting weird

Ah they all love my cooking.

jimmyfigrolls · 15-10-2014 4:24am

Lalealea wrote: »

Ah they all love my cooking.

Ipso Facto.

FunLover18 · 15-10-2014 4:33am

--LOS-- wrote: »

All this flirting over biscuits is getting weird

Two supposed strangers (newbies as well) flirting over biscuits in an online forum about paranoia? Something funny going on, all right

EDIT: jimmyfigrolls isn't a newbie, just a low poster … weirder still

jimmyfigrolls · 15-10-2014 4:36am

FunLover18 wrote: »

Two supposed strangers (newbies as well) flirting over biscuits in an online forum about paranoia? Something funny going on, all right

How many years until your not a newbie? Don't be so paranoid ; )

jimmyfigrolls · 15-10-2014 4:37am

FunLover18 wrote: »

Two supposed strangers (newbies as well) flirting over biscuits in an online forum about paranoia? Something funny going on, all right

How many years until you're not a newbie? Don't be so paranoid ; )

Lalealea · 15-10-2014 4:40am

FunLover18 wrote: »

Two supposed strangers (newbies as well) flirting over biscuits in an online forum about paranoia? Something funny going on, all right

EDIT: jimmyfigrolls isn't a newbie, just a low poster … weirder still

I recently reregged.

Never came across JimmyFigrolls until tonight.

jimmyfigrolls · 15-10-2014 4:44am

FunLover18 wrote: »

Two supposed strangers (newbies as well) flirting over biscuits in an online forum about paranoia? Something funny going on, all right

EDIT: jimmyfigrolls isn't a newbie, just a low poster … weirder still

I sometimes wonder why i'm so quiet and then... ah nevermind.

jimmyfigrolls · 15-10-2014 4:51am

FunLover18 wrote: »

Two supposed strangers (newbies as well) flirting over biscuits in an online forum about paranoia? Something funny going on, all right

EDIT: jimmyfigrolls isn't a newbie, just a low poster … weirder still

What's so WEIRD have you got some pre-supposed suspicions?

FunLover18 · 15-10-2014 5:40am

Lalealea wrote: »

I recently reregged.

Never came across JimmyFigrolls until tonight.

Durty

jimmyfigrolls wrote: »

What's so WEIRD have you got some pre-supposed suspicions?

See above

yipeeeee · 15-10-2014 8:08am

jimmyfigrolls wrote: »

I'm confused about the word paranoid being used so readily instead of the word suspicious. eg : "I had my suspicions" instead of "yeah i was paranoid". Paranoia is a mental illness or personality disorder so if you have a suspicion nowadays you must be wrong or delusional for thinking about something, or is it not alright to think things out anymore?

Ah would ya stop.

endacl · 15-10-2014 8:16am

jimmyfigrolls wrote: »

I'm confused about the word paranoid being used so readily instead of the word suspicious. eg : "I had my suspicions" instead of "yeah i was paranoid". Paranoia is a mental illness or personality disorder so if you have a suspicion nowadays you must be wrong or delusional for thinking about something, or is it not alright to think things out anymore?

It's a teenage linguistic thing. In the same way they use the word 'stress' to mean 'mildly inconvenient'.

wretcheddomain · 15-10-2014 8:58am

Lalealea wrote: »

Paranoia is heavily influenced by fear and always involves abnormal reasoning. Suspicions are brought about by normal reasoning and are not influenced by fear.

endacl wrote: »

It's a teenage linguistic thing. In the same way they use the word 'stress' to mean 'mildly inconvenient'.

Marry these two posts OP and there's the answer you've been looking for.

You're absolutely right though, Irish people have a tendency to overuse paranoia in the same way they overuse, and misuse, the word ignorant.

Paranoid

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