Ok I'm autistic. Diagnosed since 14(?) I have ADHD and GAD as well. And in the past I'd say 7ish months I've been seeing a steady increase in paranoia. Enough that I've considered pursuing a personality disorder diagnosis because I've always had a moderate amount of distrust towards others. Especially in adulthood. None of my paranoia falls into delusional territory (except maybe 1 instance).

It's all pretty typical crap like "is that person watching me? Omg they're listening to me" or after my house got broken into I stopped trusting my neighbors and become suspicious of them and was worried "that they are plotting to steal my dog". Which I mean kind of makes sense but is boardering on delulu. For a few months I was paranoid that my boss was "trying to get me fired". But it did turn out that she was being condescending as confirmed by one of my coworkers. So still paranoid but not entirely off. Probably the worst one I was able to recognize as complete insanity. Which was "omg now that she has my address she's going to send a bomb through the mail" after reconnecting with a person I stopped talking to for a variety of reasons. That last one I was able to redirect to the mental trash can of "that's so not real".

The closest I can relate my experiences to is my mother. I talked about it with her recently and she admitted to "raising" me "like that because people would take advantage" of me, because I was autistic. So maybe I do have a personality disorder? Either way this has been extremely distressing. People aren't terribly kind when you have delusional thoughts.... mental health is important until it's not glorifiable.

I just wanted to know. Does anyone else get stupid paranoia like this? Was it related to autism or something else? Did your parents raise you to be paranoid?