Paranoia was a mental state in which an individual displays distrust of others or a feeling of potentially being targeted, persecuted or victimized, a psychological outgrowth of most lifeforms' evolution as animals who survived by cautious instincts.
History and specifics
In the year 2266, Spock and Leonard McCoy believed that James T. Kirk (actually a Klingon duplicate) was suffering from acute paranoia after he accused them of plotting against him. (TOS comic: "The Enterprise Mutiny")
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External links
- Paranoia article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Paranoia article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.