A typical interpretation of an innocent event by the person with paranoid personality disorder might be

a. "Those people are admiring my beautiful new dress."
b. "I'm sure glad I didn't get pulled over for that routine sobriety check."
c. "This gas station line is going slowly just to make me late for work."
d. "If I look at a streetlight for long enough, it will go out."


Ans: c. "This gas station line is going slowly just to make me late for work."

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