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Originally Posted by Travelinglady
That's a tough one. I was over sheltered as child, so I was rather naive as a young adult. In this day and age, I think it's best to be BIT paranoid!
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Yeah I agree, I was very naive as a child since I was over sheltered at home and at school. I was so naive that I do remember hearing people claim I came off as incredibly stupid and unaware of other people's social and body language cues, I was easily taken advantage of and people easily blamed me for things I never did. I learned a lot once I got to high school and college and that's when I noticed people talking about others who were naive and could see how easily someone who is unaware can be taken advantage of, I was called paranoid by someone in college but that person was extremely naive herself and was among those who were oblivious to social cues. I agree being a bit paranoid is probably the best in today's age without going overboard with the paranoia since I've seen what happens when someone becomes irrationally paranoid, I knew someone in college who would go off of someone who just smiled at her since she assumed anyone who just simply glanced and smiled was out to get her and that's the kind of paranoia that is extremely unhealthy.