10 Paranoid Personality Disorder Symptoms
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4. Stress
The feeling that someone or everyone is out to get you can be extremely exhausting, causing PPD sufferers to experience inordinate amounts of stress. High heart rates, headaches and other manifestations of stress are extremely common in people with paranoid personality disorder.
The body’s stress response in those with PPD can increase feelings of paranoia, leading to a terrible cycle of constant mistrust, which leads to more stress, which leads to more uneasiness.2Paranoid Personality Disorder By Andrew Skodol, et al. ‘Paranoid Personality Disorder - Mental Health Disorders.’ Merck Manuals Consumer Version, Merck Manuals, www.merckmanuals.com/home/mental-health-disorders/personality-disorders/paranoid-personality-disorder.
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