Why atheism ... whence religion?

[Epictetus]

Paranoia is far more than an emotion. It is an emotional response to imagined stimuli, a delusion of persecution or danger that may or may not actually exist.

But if it actually exists then it's not paranoia. It's a physiological response by your body inducing you to take appropriate action --lock the door, draw the curtains, set the alarm, load the gun, join a militia...

If it exists but your conviction that it exists is based upon a minimum of evidence backed up with supposition and runaway extrapolation, then it is still paranoia - you just got lucky.

Better to err on the side of caution.

Incidentally, every time I log onto this forum my computer gets attacked. Could it be that somebody here doesn't like me? Or am I just being paranoid?

Depends. If you think it is being attacked by Russian botnets, then it's probably just paranoia. On the other hand, if it's being pelted with semen-soaked underpants, that's probably pawiz.

Yeah, I'm fairly new to this forum, so I have no idea what you're talking about.