How should I respond to a delusional email from my mother who is suffering from paranoia? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Dec 12, 2009 - 23 answers

My mother has become increasingly paranoid recently. How can I help her? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Apr 15, 2009 - 8 answers

LadyFilter: I found a lump where there should not be a lump. (And it's not on my breast.) I do not have health insurance. What to do? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Mar 10, 2009 - 17 answers

My friend suddenly believes that everyone he knows is a police informant. This includes me. How can I help? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Mar 10, 2009 - 34 answers

The company I work for is behaving very strangely. Am I being paranoid, or should I start looking for a new job? (Posted anonymously for job security reasons.) [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Feb 18, 2009 - 18 answers

I started a new job a couple months ago at a small company, and since then, there has been some theft of company property. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jan 5, 2009 - 9 answers

My PhD Orals Chair just suggested I postpone my orals, scheduled for Monday. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Dec 12, 2008 - 16 answers

I see the world, and all in it, as something vicious and ready to attack me, and that influences far too much stuff in my life. Help. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Dec 8, 2008 - 30 answers

I have been searching the site but have not found my specific situation. I would like to know if there is a way to tell that you are being video or audio recorded at work. Not on the computer, just in general. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Mar 28, 2008 - 13 answers

I've been depressed on and off for 20 years but this is new, and scary. (Contains probably too much information but I'm trying to cover any potential questions) [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Oct 22, 2007 - 50 answers

I feel like I'm losing my mind but I'm too worried about my medical records to do anything about it. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Feb 10, 2007 - 31 answers

How can I talk rationally to someone amazingly paranoid without further agitating them? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jan 4, 2007 - 28 answers

Small problems or worries that are nothing during daylight, seem huge and insurmoutable during the hours of darkness, bordering on paranoia. Is this some form of mild depression, or a SAD related thing? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Sep 22, 2006 - 23 answers

ShippingParanoiaFilter: How often does online package tracking show items going astray at the outset of their journey, and how often do they arrive without packing slips? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Sep 4, 2006 - 5 answers

Not even kidding: What are some good ways to avoid being tailed after a downtown meeting with people I don't want to follow me home and find out where I live? Anyone know of good tips for shaking pursuers, either from the movies or real life?
posted by anonymous on Dec 8, 2005 - 43 answers

I opened my unlisted mailbox this morning to find an unaddressed business card with the seal of a federal agency, claiming that "The U.S. Government is conducting a background investigation on a person you may know." Is it for real and what should I make of it? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on May 26, 2005 - 48 answers