what do you do to reduce paranoia?

Question

what actions/thoughts/means/self-therapy techniques you use to reduce your paranoia....when you get paranoid?

i beleive i have paranoid personality disorder. so i get more paranoid than "average/normal" folks.

Answer 1

Get outside of yourself. Look at the world from the inside out, not from the outside in.

Reach out to others and think about what you can do to make their lives better (looking from the inside out). Instead of looking at yourself they way you think others see you. (looking from the outside in).

Envision - Imagine your self being calm, self-assured and confident, and not worrying what others think. See yourself as the person you want to be. When you "see" yourself being or doing what you want, you are more likely to make it happen.

Answer 2

Often we fear what we don't know. If I have a situation which I might have problems in the near future, like taking a vacation, I will research the area I'm visiting to gain information about the area.

Information is power.

Answer 3

Xanax

Answer 4

I tell myself the truth, the reality-sometimes I laugh at my paranoia.

Answer 5

going to therapy helps with personality disorders alot. learned abotu it in psychology. talk to your doctor abotu which therapy would best suite you
good luck

Answer 6

i yell at myself. yes, i actually mean yell. i tell myself to shut up and get over whatever the heck i think is going on, because i also happen to know for a fact that its not happening.

Answer 7

another helpful tidbit is to go on a 10 day tweakin' binge smoking that crystal

Answer 8

Talk to your Docter and thnk of GOOD funny things to help you out

Answer 9

Stay busy with other things to keep your mind off whatever is bothering you.

Answer 10

you aquire knowledge of what scares you,and you become less paranoid