personally, for me, short bursts of paranoia are due from past psychosis. (kind of like ptsd in a way, lawl.) i don't usually get any "new delusions". sometimes i will mull over past psychosis and then try to make connections in my present life and i end up making myself paranoid. example: something will trigger a memory or a feeling that i experienced during a previous psychotic episode and i'll go off obsessing about it and find a reason why it's relevant to present times. distraction is the best thing, for me anyway. i have been watching a lot of tv/movies. which i enjoy because as i've said in another post, this was impossible for me during past psychotic episodes. it's really good that you are at a point where you can sort of turn off your paranoia by finding a distraction. it's good that you can shut off obsessive thinking. way to exercise your tools! good job! proud of you!