It's something I recently noticed about myself. I can convince myself of anything. For example, I'll be walking my dog and for whatever reason I'll consider the possibility that a cougar could be lurking in the shadows (... in central Illinois, heh...) just waiting to pounce on me, and then I suddenly believe that this really WILL happen and I rush home as fast as I can.

Or I'll be with my friends and they'll tease me in a friendly manner, and the thought pops into my head that they could actually think horrible of me, and then I think they really do and I began hating them for thinking of me that way.

It's so weird and difficult to explain. Sometimes though, I can't decide if, when in situations like these, my paranoia is justified or if I'm being rediculous. Once I make myslef believe something I can't stop obsessing over it. The situation I described above ( with my friends) happens quite frequently. We click so well sometimes and I often have all the love in the world for them, but other times I for some little reason or no reason at all, I think that it's all fake and they're really conspiring behind my back or something. It's so frustrating.