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Paranoia In Challenger Deep
In the book Challenger Deep, Caden has issues with paranoia. There is a student at his high school whom he has never met, yet Caden believes the student wants to kill him. He has only seen this kid a handful of times and he has never talked to him once. The student doesn't give him strange looks or even talk about him. Caden has no reason to be afraid, yet he still is scared this kid is going to kill him. Personally, I don't have a problem this large scale, but I have always had a problem with being paranoid. I am always constantly on the alert and overly careful about most of the things I do. I am always worried that somebody is watching me or silently judging me. I am always so worried about what other people think about me and the thought
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