Paranoid Personality

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I ran across the European criteria for Paranoid Personality disorder, and I realized I that I meet all the symptoms listed, except for the last one. NOTE: it is only true about EUROPEAN criteria and NOT about American one. Because American criteria was focusing on things like thinking that others are trying to harm you, which I don't do. But European one was focusing a lot more on misinterpretting people's intentions, and this is what I am doing all the time.

So could it be an aspie thing to meet the European description of Paranoid Personality disorder? Because aspies were always put down due to lack of social skills so their bad experience would teach them to read negative remarks between the lines. On hte other hand, htere is no reason for aspies to believe any of the things mentioned in American description about anything "literal". But I can easilly see that Aspies would meet European description.

European Description for Paranoid Personality: http://www.mentalhealth.com/icd/p22-pe01.html

American Description for Paranoid Personality: http://www.mentalhealth.com/dis1/p21-pe01.html

How about yourself? Do you meet any of these two descriptions?

I fit all of them except for E and G.
Though it does seem rather broad.

http://www.wrongplanet.net/modules.php? ... ic&t=25835

That old threads / test put me a little more than average. I think I have been alot more paranoid in the past.

I don't meet the last 3 one the european one. i did'nt look at the american description.

When I got diagnosed, the guy thought that I might me paranoid. It was just because I was nervous though.

I fit both of them.

I really can't tell.
Too hard.

I fit niether. Did not sound like me so that is off my list of what I might have.

i dont fit any of them, i do get occasional paranoia though if i have alot of anxiety

I fit a lot of the symptoms but I really don't think I'm paranoid. I've just been burned a lot so I'm cautious.

I fit enough of the European ones to fit that definition, but not the American one (I fit #3 on the American one...but then I've actually had that happen to me, so I'm not sure it's "paranoid" to be scared of it happening again).

I don't meet enough of the diagnostic criteria to quite be either, but I was raised by a highly paranoid mother and some of it rubbed-off on me. Also, I was bullied some, so there's sensitivity to how people may view me.