Thalassa
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not at all anxious
I'm not 100% certain, but I believe that's what separates paranoia from anxiety/panic. People who have anxiety/panic have physiological experiences of fear in reaction to things that are actually happening, like being in social situations where they feel like they are rejected or will be rejected, or if they have a phobia, say, of being in an airplane crash and they hyperventilate when the plane takes off.
When you are paranoid you actually entertain complex fantasies that are persecutor-y (?) in nature, and may not even feel panicky about it, though I think if you do start to feel anxious or panic IN COMBINATION of having these fantasies, that could be quite dangerous for you or for other people.