PROnoia (the opposite of paranoia)

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I think I’m developing thoughts of pronoia again.

I don’t want to tempt fate but looking back I’m extremely lucky to be here. I mean a bit too lucky.

But There’s bad people out there so I don’t want to end up some trusting soul. Pronoia is just as bad as paranoia.

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When psychotic I had an emergency meeting with the crisis team to explain that they shouldn’t spend anymore money on me. As the television was talking to me I assumed that they were creating all this content just to give me messages. I was worried they were spending millions!

Doh.

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Hmm … I found something new to read.

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I think what you’ve described is more delusions of reference. But maybe there’s a big overlap.

I feel I have to keep an eye on it. But it’s creeping up on me in an insideous way.

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This is an intriguing find, I know I’ve experienced pronoia before it turned into paronia. Thoughts that while the world was once for me, now it has turned against me. Thank you for posting this, going into research mode now!

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Try not to get into a mindset of giving away things or giving people more then their share of what they’re owed.

that’s probably the danger of that sort of thing

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I consider myself very lucky person. I might have thoughts that my place of living is as it is in purpose. I had really easy life. I had solipsistic ideas when I was about 15 - 16 years old. They are very bad. When I was about 17,5 years old, I had for a moment a delusion(?) that I am God for a while. It was also evil.

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I didn’t know there was pronoia. Thanks for the info.

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Interesting; I’ve never heard of that before.

Thanks for sharing.

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Pronoia isn’t a problem until you start doubting it.

But the reason for that doubt probably exists because of some prior experience of feeling like you trusted too much.

It’s better than paranoia but it pretty much requires you to let go and move on from any potential upset that arises to keep working.

I had it for a while too. But its the internal thoughts that make you feel like you aren’t deserving of good things that cuts it off.

And that begs the question of why would any think that of themselves?..

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