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The monster will get us, be quiet

Stop Abuse Campaign

He never interacted with us and looked depressed. I still suffer from night paranoia. Answer these ten confidential questions developed with the CDC and understand your warning signs. When I was little, I was often left alone because my sister was born 18 months after me, and my mother had to care for her. Check my ACE score.

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psychosis, violence, and the fear of madness

Clinical Philosophy

what the BPS report says In contrast to media stereotypes, in reality few people who experience paranoia or hear distressing voices ever hurt anyone else. After all it could be that people who, say, suffer from depression are too apathetic to be violent, and so bring the total violence of the mentally ill down to the population average.