OE, I really wonder. He was a paranoid delusional with both the jealous and persecution beliefs. His mother was every bit as nuts as he was.

Maybe I've got it, too. My fear of "they're coming to take me away" is so strong and so persistent. It sure sounds like the description in the snippet.

Does it matter if I know, recognize, and verbalized intellectually that it is not literally true? I know they can't lock me in the psych ward, but I fear it so intensely it makes me shudder just to think about it.