Reply to: One of my employees is (maybe clinically) paranoid. What should I do?

[sasguru]

If my guess were nudging in the direction you are intimating, surely your moniker should be kn0bheadguru?

I am indeed multi-talented.

[shaunbhoy]

Oh I don't know, take a wild guess.

If my guess were nudging in the direction you are intimating, surely your moniker should be kn0bheadguru?

[sasguru]

What techinical skills do you have sas?

Oh I don't know, take a wild guess.

[shaunbhoy]

I'm so sorry TW, I had you down as a sad unemployed loser with no techinical or social skills that might land you a job, rather than the the successful psychiatrist you so obviously are.

What techinical skills do you have sas?

[sasguru]

Does 'he' display these symptoms?

• Has a grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g., exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements)
• Is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
• Believes that he or she is "special" and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions)
• Requires excessive admiration
• Has a sense of entitlement, i.e., unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations
• Is interpersonally exploitative, i.e., takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends
• Lacks empathy: is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others
• Is often envious of others or believes others are envious of him or her
• Shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes
• Often mild to moderate paranoia, that others are out to do him in.
• Predominant "name dropper" boasting or suggestion association with people or affiliations of importance.
• Calls people cretins

If so it may be Narcissistic personality disorder

I'm so sorry TW, I had you down as a sad unemployed loser with no techinical or social skills that might land you a job, rather than the the successful psychiatrist you so obviously are.

[EternalOptimist]

PS Thanks to to all the morons who neg repped me for this thread.

cretins. get it right

[MarillionFan]

Well OH reckon he has a genuine problem. He's off work officially and I've got a temp instead.

PS Thanks to to all the morons who neg repped me for this thread.

Do you deny you had sexual
relations with this member of
staff?

[sasguru]

Well OH reckon he has a genuine problem. He's off work officially and I've got a temp instead.

PS Thanks to to all the morons who neg repped me for this thread.

[zeitghost]

I knew you were one of them, I've been watching you for years now, just waiting for the proof, and here it is, you talking about me to THEM on the internet, telling them all about me.

[2BIT]

Does 'he' display these symptoms?

• Has a grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g., exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements)
• Is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
• Believes that he or she is "special" and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions)
• Requires excessive admiration
• Has a sense of entitlement, i.e., unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations
• Is interpersonally exploitative, i.e., takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends
• Lacks empathy: is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others
• Is often envious of others or believes others are envious of him or her
• Shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes
• Often mild to moderate paranoia, that others are out to do him in.
• Predominant "name dropper" boasting or suggestion association with people or affiliations of importance.
• Calls people cretins

If so it may be Narcissistic personality disorder

doh! 12 out of 12!

[bfg]

I Knew

I knew you were one of them, I've been watching you for years now, just waiting for the proof, and here it is, you talking about me to THEM on the internet, telling them all about me.

[SimonMac]

Can you not creep up behind him and whisper things in their ears? Or plant a small speaker under their desk film it all for YouTube?

[ThomasSoerensen]

tell him that just because he is paranoid, it does not mean they are not really out to get him.

[MrMark]

Who is nearest Luton? we have to get suity to a CAT scanner right now.

I'm so glad I wasn't drinking my coffee when I read that!

[MarillionFan]

Well it happened, and shows that if you've got employees you might like to take some responsibility for their well-being. One of the other managers just wanted to sack him. I managed to use that guilt trip for years.

I've just given all my staff P45's. I did point at one and said 'You're fired'

How I laughed.