Environmental paranoid is an anxious and suspicious state of the individual’s psyche, in which he constantly feels danger from external objects or people, which is often expressed in an irrational fear of the unknown and wariness of everything around him. “Situationalism” characterizes the paranoid behavior of individuals as temporary and dependent on a specific situation or circumstances. The term was first introduced at the beginning of the 20th century by Australian psychiatrist Robert Harris, who described a similar condition in young female patients suffering from schizophrenia.
The causes of paranoid situational paranoia can be different: stress, anxiety, depression, psychosis, childhood trauma, etc. As a result, a person becomes vulnerable to any external stimulation. His reaction to every object or situation becomes excessive and does not correspond to reality. He believes that his goal is protection or salvation, but he gets lost in his overreaction and can harm himself or harm others.
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