Paranoia : the 21st century fear PDF
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PARANOIA This page intentionally left blank PA R A N O I A THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY FEAR Daniel Freeman and Jason Freeman 1 3 GreatClarendonStreet,OxfordOX26DP OxfordUniversityPressisadepartmentoftheUniversityofOxford. ItfurtherstheUniversity’sobjectiveofexcellenceinresearch,scholarship, andeducationbypublishingworldwidein Oxford NewYork Auckland CapeTown DaresSalaam HongKong Karachi KualaLumpur Madrid Melbourne MexicoCity Nairobi NewDelhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto Withofficesin Argentina Austria Brazil Chile CzechRepublic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore SouthKorea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam OxfordisaregisteredtrademarkofOxfordUniversityPress intheUKandincertainothercountries PublishedintheUnitedStates byOxfordUniversityPressInc.,NewYork ©DanielFreemanandJasonFreeman2008 Themoralrightsoftheauthorshavebeenasserted DatabaserightOxfordUniversityPress(maker) Firstpublished2008 Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced, storedinaretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans, withoutthepriorpermissioninwritingofOxfordUniversityPress, orasexpresslypermittedbylaw,orundertermsagreedwiththeappropriate reprographicsrightsorganization.Enquiriesconcerningreproduction outsidethescopeoftheaboveshouldbesenttotheRightsDepartment, OxfordUniversityPress,attheaddressabove Youmustnotcirculatethisbookinanyotherbindingorcover andyoumustimposethesameconditiononanyacquirer BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData Dataavailable LibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationData Dataavailable TypesetbySPIPublisherServices,Pondicherry,India PrintedinItaly onacid-freepaperby LegoS.p.A. ISBN 978–0–19–923750–0 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............................................................. Much of this book was planned in the Rookery Stand at Watford Football Club. We apologize to those who sit nearus. Researchisacollaborativeendeavourandsignificantroles intheacademicworkdescribedhavebeenplayedbyPhilippa Garety,PaulBebbington,GrahamDunn,ElizabethKuipers, David Fowler, Mel Slater, Angus Antley, and Katherine Pugh.ImportantinfluenceshavebeenAaronBeck,Richard Bentall, and David Clark. The perfect context for the ideas to develop has been provided by the close association of theInstituteofPsychiatry,King’sCollegeLondonwiththe SouthLondonandMaudsleyNHSFoundationTrust. We are extremely grateful to the Wellcome Trust, an independentcharitysupportingresearchtoimprovehuman andanimalhealth,whofundDaniel’sresearchprogramme. ■ We would like to thank the Department of Computer Sci- ence at University College London for supplying the two virtualrealityimagesinChapter4. This page intentionally left blank CONTENTS ............................. 1. Introduction 1 Or,WhyFatisaParanoidIssue 2. ANestofTraitors! 16 WhatisParanoia? 3. ‘TheyTellYouLies’ 41 IsParanoiaIncreasing? 4. Anxiety,Avatars,andInkSpots 66 ParanoiaandEmotions 5. ‘IDon’tWanttoSweepAlone’ 87 ParanoiaandAnomalousExperiences 6. DoingtheCamberwellWalk 110 ParanoiaandReasoning 7. ADownwardSpiral? 126 CombatingParanoia 8. Conclusion 152 Or,EnjoytheFruit SOURCES 163 INDEX 181 This page intentionally left blank 1 INTRODUCTION Or, Why Fat is a Paranoid Issue ................................................................................ Over the past few years, a new and deadly epidemic has stalkedtheland. BritainandtheUS,justlikemuchoftherestoftheworld, are getting fat. Around 60 per cent of adults in the UK are heavier than they should be. It’s a similar story in the US,wheretwo-thirdsofadultsareoverweightorextremely overweight(obese).That’saprettyshockingstatistic,butwe allknowthatkeepinginshapewhenyou’retryingtobalance the demands of work and family life is tough. Who’s got timetogettothegym?Whohastheenergytodomorethan heat up a ready meal after ten hours in the office? Besides, weallgetbiggeraswegetolder,don’twe?It’sametabolism thing—isn’tit? Butifyouthinkthestatisticsforadultsarealarming,wait tillyoufindouthowourkidsarefaring.In2003,27percent of children under 11 in England were either overweight or obese. In the US, where different methods to measure
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