Paranoid Obsessive Disorder (POD)

Paranoid Obsessive Disorder (POD) is a mental disorder in which the person faces extreme distress in relation to repetitive thoughts involving ideas of persecution, and may restrict their activities to avoid punishment or make exaggerated reactions to the slightest form of criticism, even if the person is not directly referenced.

At worst, the person may be convinced that everyone hates them and will isolate themselves to avoid persecution, they may react violently in reaction to human or even animal contact.

Symptoms of Diaspasia are common in those with POD, but not everyone with POD has Diaspasia.

Symptoms
Paranoid obsessions are primarly defined by (1), (2) or (3):


 * 1) Profound, preoccupating fear of being criticized, mocked,	blamed or attacked based on one's gender, age, race, cultural	background, religion or even for being human.
 * 2) Refusal to perform a specific activity due to an excessive	fear for the consequences, for example; being divinely punished for	performing a certain activity.
 * 3) Intense, profound and irrational preoccupation of being persecuted in	relation to one's own values, ideas, actions, beliefs or being blamed for	others' faults.
 * 4) Intense, profound distress in reaction to the slightest form	of criticism (even when not directly referenced to) resulting in a	total collapse of self-esteem or emotional outbursts.
 * 5) Extreme psychomotor agitation	in reaction to distressing thoughts or events, often resulting in	violent behavior or self-harm.
 * 6) Total isolation from society and human contact in fear of being persecuted.

Delusional pessimism as defined by (1), (2) or (3):


 * 1) Extreme, objectively serious exaggeration of disagreeable	occurrences, such as literally believing waiting for minutes would	actually take days.
 * 2) Strongly believing an event will obviously result in solely	negative consequences and positives cannot outweight them, or that	positives alone have no value at all.
 * 3) Excessive worrying about catastrophic events such as the end	of the world or other natural disasters, serious incidents that	would involve death or profound pain.

B. Symptoms impair daily occupation or interpersonal relationships