paranoid
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Salazar’s mother previously told The Times her son had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and hospitalized for his mental health struggles in the years before the slaying.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
When the possessive and paranoid Frank Ford runs into Margaret as she’s scurrying to meet his wife, Alice, he pointedly remarks, “I think, if your husbands were dead, you two would marry.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
"I was paranoid and thought my parents were trying to harm me and I'd find myself getting up in the morning and walking to places for no apparent reason."
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
"Rigid and persistent symptoms, such as paranoid ideas or an internalized critical voice, may be stable but not very flexible prediction models," says Stänicke.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 1, 2026
It’s not much later, then, that he comes across the paranoid pilgrims.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
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