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As I would consider myself a paranoid person, the blog about paranoia from PsycPORT.com was of interest to me. Basically, it says that paranoia isn't just for schizophrenics and doesn't always require professional help (phew). While the actual figures vary greatly, everyone agrees that paranoia is on the rise. It's not always a bad thing to be more aware of your surroundings, but if the paranoia is too severe, it can cause stress, leading to health problems. Now for Shannon's version of the moral of the story: Unless some dude is following you everywhere and staring up at your bedroom window every night, shut up, you'll be fine.

Next up, we have laughter! Yay! Ever laugh for no reason? Good for you! When you laugh, you release happy hormones and help your body relax and get rid of stress, which sucks. It also strengthens your immune system for some reason... but that can help your body fight cancer and other serious ailments. There are actually "laugh clubs" nowadays-- I know-- that meet and just practice laughing. And you know what's funny?(Haha. Puns.) I was laughing when I read this article. Nothing was amusing about it, I just laughed. So LAUGH PEOPLE! If you need help I'll come to your house and do a funny dance.


So I just read a blog about infidelity. And now I'm depressed. Apparently humans aren't meant to be with one person for their entire life; we're not monogamous. One author suggests that while everything else around us has changed, marraige hasn't, which explains the increase in infidelity. And while it is more common than it used to be and our idea of marraige apparently isn't modern enough to fit our lifestyle, infidelity is still painful and socially unacceptable, or at least frowned upon. It's likely you're going to be cheated on and/or greatly hurt by one or more people you're romantically involved with because humans are not monogamous by nature. But that's just according to this article, and they're just a bunch of wankers.