What’s the difference?
not sure . maybe paranoia is a feeling or state of being and feeling, and persecutory delusions is made up of paranoia which is directed at specific situations or people or smh.
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There is a lot of overlap between the two terms, but paranoia is more generalized. A “persecutory delusion” is more likely to be of just one or a few other people. That describes paranoia too. I imagine that we could argue the issue, but I view paranoia as more generalized. I could easily view both terms as synonymous, though. It’s probably better just to view the two terms as synonymous and not go through the mental gymnastics.
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