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Originally Posted by {Trixy}
Doesn't sound like bipolar episodes to me either. I've received all kinds of diagnosis such as bipolar 1 & 2 only to have it removed and properly diagnosed with personality disorder. My delusions lately since having the earthquakes are while I'm driving on the freeway I see it splitting wide open. Another paranoid delusion recently is walking stairs instead of taking elevators because I think it may break and I will fall to my death. These worries can happen however there unrealistic As who walks 5 flights of stairs out of fear? i do see the paranoia in these situations however while I'm "thinking" these things they seem realistic and valid.
One thing I have noticed with paranoia is when I mindfully chose not to give these thoughts energy they do seem to dissipate. I hope this helps..
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From the reading I've done I think I might actually have a personality disorder as well. Both paranoid personality disorder and borderline personality disorder just seem to fit me so well. Most of my delusional thinking revolves around guns and bombs and it can spiral out of control really easily. I've been in a movie theater before and been convinced that someone was going to have a gun, then that passed and I became convinced that someone was going to lock the doors and release poisonous gas. And those thoughts just won't go away so I start to panic. I still avoid public transportation and movie theaters because of it. It seems so real in the moment and it's terrifying. I'm hoping that my new psychologist will be able to teach me coping skills like you mentioned because I try to not let the thoughts affect me, but they still just get worse and worse until fight or flight kicks in, and obviously I flee because there's nothing real to fight lol.