What is suspiciousness and how to deal with it?

Morphological and syntactic properties

suspicious
Adjective, type of declension according to A. Zaliznyak’s classification - 1*a.

Root: -mn-

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suffixes: -i-teln
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ending: -y
[Tikhonov, 1996].

Pronunciation

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suspicious adjective

Efremova's Dictionary

suspicious
adj. Seeing danger in everything, smth. unfavorable; painfully suspicious, distrustful.

Add your meaningSuggest your own meaning for the word suspicious

Synonyms for suspicious

• timid
• excited
• shy
• frightened
• cowardly

• unseemly
• unreliable
• incorrect
• incredulous
• ugly

• unsociable
• uncommunicative
• indecisive
• timid
• fearful

All synonyms for the word suspicious

Rhyming words for suspicious

• imagine
• opinion
• imaginary

• supposedly dead
• imaginary
• suspiciousness

• imagine
• remember
• imagine

All words with similar roots to the word hypochondriac.
Emphasis in the word hypochondriac.

More information about the word suspicious

suspicious
adj. Seeing danger in everything, something unfavorable; painfully suspicious, distrustful.

suspicious
adj. Seeing danger in everything, smth. unfavorable; painfully suspicious, distrustful.

suspicious;
suspicious; cr. f. -flax, -flax

a suspicious person
who sees something unfavorable for himself in everything, a person who fears everything. M. character.

suspicious
suspicious adj. Seeing danger in everything, smth. unfavorable; painfully suspicious, distrustful.

suspicious
, suspicious; suspicious, suspicious, suspicious. Imagining danger where there really is none, morbidly suspicious. A suspicious patient delays his recovery. Suspicious character. A suspicious person.

suspicious
, seeing danger in everything, something unfavorable; morbidly suspicious, distrustful

Examples of the use of the word suspicious in the text
Sizerov was a suspicious person, he went to Vladimir twice a year to be checked at the tuberculosis dispensary and therefore certainly believed in the dream.

Extremely suspicious, he saw an unkind omen in Diego’s death and, powerless to calm his anxiety, he filled with melancholy and hatred like pus.

Moreover, by nature I am rather a suspicious person and, as they say, inclined to make mountains out of molehills, so it’s no wonder that my wild imagination began to create monsters.

FSB investigators, and the case of the death of the diplomat will be conducted by the FSB, will inevitably come to the conclusion that the patient, a morbidly suspicious hypochondriac by nature, was so frightened by the doctor’s death sentence that he himself decided to hasten his death, saving himself from long agony.

Like a suspicious person who checks every hour to see if he has contracted some kind of infection, I sometimes doubt whether I’m dreaming, and I’m afraid to wake up.

He is also a very cautious and suspicious type - villainous fate has taught him to be prepared for surprises at any moment.

The body had long been corroded and flabby, but that suspicious narcissism characteristic of athletes remained: my husband always reeked of creams, deodorants and other odors.

He was a very suspicious person, and at that moment I thought that he had probably come from Moscow, from the editorial office of some newspaper, to collect material and promote it in the capital.

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Synonyms of suspicious

suspicious, fearful, doubtful, superstitious, cowardly

Antonyms for suspicious

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Hello, dear readers of the KtoNaNovenkogo.ru blog. Suspiciousness is a trait common to many. And when it does not cross a certain line, it can be useful to a person.

But its extreme forms of manifestation can poison life, deprive it of joy, satisfaction, desires, aspirations, drives, dreams.

How to understand that you are a suspicious person? How and in what ways is this character trait manifested? Is it possible to fight this and what needs to be done for this? Today we will talk about all this.

Suspiciousness is...

To put it very simply, suspiciousness is cowardice. However, this fear is not specific (situational), but on a universal scale.

Suspiciousness is a character trait that manifests itself in constant anxiety - no matter what happens. Most of the time a person is in fear: this happens both with and without a reason.

A quick test to determine whether you are a suspicious person:

1. you worry about what others think and say about you;
2. you like to control everything and everyone around you;
3. you feel uneasy if uncertainty looms ahead;
4. you take a long time to make decisions, carefully weighing all the pros and cons”;
5. you are constantly on alert, otherwise troubles cannot be avoided;
6. thinking about different options for failures, failures, etc. – your favorite activity (especially before bedtime);
7. you are afraid of infections, drafts, sneezing people, etc. - anything that can make you sick.

If you agree with most of the statements listed, then suspiciousness is your character trait.

The word suspiciousness comes from the verb “to think.” The meaning of the latter is to think or believe.

Thus, a suspicious person constantly thinks about supposed dangers that have at least 0.000000...1 share of the probability of becoming reality. His whole life proceeds in a state of painful distrust of the world and hypercontrol over it.

Reasons for suspiciousness.

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No one is born too suspicious. The art of inventing and convincing yourself of non-existent dangers comes with age. But what makes mentally healthy people freeze in anticipation of misfortune, instead of enjoying life? There are several reasons. Their combination makes a person overly suspicious.

Reason 1. Childhood.

In most cases, the cause of anxiety is childhood psychological trauma. The saddest thing is that the parents are the culprits. The initial stage of suspiciousness can occur at a very early age, when the child constantly hears phrases like “everyone’s children are like children, but mine is a fool.” Teenagers are especially vulnerable: they have already stopped trusting the opinions of authorities, but have not learned to trust themselves. If at this age parents and teachers criticize, label, and support a feeling of worthlessness, they thereby increase the teenager’s self-doubt. And this is the next step on the path to complexes, low self-esteem and pathological anxiety.

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Reason 2. Personality traits.

Sometimes the cause of pathological suspiciousness can be a special “nervous constitution”. Asthenics and psychasthenics often turn out to be anxious people. Asthenics can be distinguished by their appearance: they are pale, thin, and constrained in their movements. Such people suffer from increased feelings of anxiety and incompetence almost from birth. Psychasthenics are extremely fearful, indecisive and extremely impressionable. They have a reduced pain threshold, so psychasthenics are genetically programmed to look for terrible diseases in themselves.

Reason 3. Traumatic event.

Sometimes there are such strong stresses in life that the protective function of the psyche fails. Betrayal or sudden death of a relative, slander, broken trust disrupt the normal settings in the brain, as a result, a healthy nervous system becomes the nervous system of an asthenic person.

Where does suspiciousness come from?

Why do some people feel relaxed and confident in life, while others worry themselves with negative thoughts?

First. At the beginning of the article it was already stated: suspiciousness is a character trait.

And, as we know, we acquire character in childhood under the influence of the environment in which we grow and develop.

Factors that foster suspiciousness in a child:

1. internalizing the negative attitudes of significant adults (everyone is evil, no one needs you, it’s a shame to ask, you can’t stand out, etc.);
2. excessive demands on the child, criticism along with a lack of support, affection, warm attitude (no praise, only swearing);
3. overprotection is an overly caring mother (as a rule, it is the mother) who does not allow her offspring to live his life independently and “get things done” and gain experience. She does everything for him, saying “don’t meddle,” “don’t touch,” “it’s dangerous there,” “I’ll do it myself,” “you can’t,” etc.

Second: there is a version that suspiciousness is a quality that you acquire already at a fairly conscious age.

To do this, a person “only” needs to spend a long time in a negative situation, a black streak consisting of failures and falls. After this, people begin to believe in evil eyes, damage, adhere to folk superstitions, believe in horoscopes, etc.

Mental disorders that are temporary in nature also occur here. We are talking about neuroses and their symptoms that arise when a person at a certain point in life cannot adapt (how is that?) to the conditions in which he finds himself.

If an individual can adapt, or conditions change for the better, then the person relaxes - his psyche and nervous system calm down.

And the third explanation for suspiciousness is organic pathologies of the brain (congenital or acquired), leading to improper functioning of its parts (hormonal failure).

Is suspiciousness a pathology?

Is suspiciousness a disease or a character? This question has a high degree of prevalence among people familiar with this condition. Increased anxiety can lead to various borderline states that require professional treatment. The feeling of anxiety itself is not a pathology, but its presence over a long period of time can cause a mental disorder . It should be noted that the strength of the expression of suspiciousness is important. Often, such a character trait is a symptom of the hidden development of serious diseases, of which psychasthenia should be distinguished. Based on this, we can say that a feeling of suspiciousness is a serious signal for contacting a specialist for advice.

Suspiciousness manifests itself not only in the form of increased anxiety, but also in manic concern for one’s own health . Being in such a state, a person may react painfully to public opinion and experience constant doubts about his abilities. Often the phenomenon under consideration is combined with suspicion and mania of persecution. According to most people, this phenomenon is typical for female representatives, however, in fact, the reason for the appearance of this condition has a close relationship with the character of the person.

Experts note that it is almost impossible to eliminate feelings of anxiety on your own. In order to normalize your life, you will need to undergo a long course of psychological correction and learn to take responsibility if necessary.

Characteristics of a suspicious person

Such people are easy to recognize by three signs:

1. Inadequate self-esteem – in this case, overestimated. Why is that? Because a suspicious person does not trust anyone so much that he has to rely only on himself. Therefore, she is right always, everywhere and in everything. And if you doubt her rightness, then you simply confirm the version that “all people are radishes.”

   In fact, the basis of inflated self-esteem is precisely a total lack of self-confidence - in one’s worth as a person. Considering yourself to be the best is a defense mechanism of the psyche from pain that others can cause.

2. The problem is in the area of ​​decision-making - anxious people have no right to make mistakes, so making choices and making decisions is very difficult for them.
   A mistake for them is a universal catastrophe. “I made a mistake, which means I’m wrong, bad, a failure, a nonentity, a laughing stock,” etc. The desire to be perfect in psychology is called perfectionism (what is it?).
3. Permanent anxiety accompanies a suspicious individual (who is this?) always and everywhere. How can you not worry if there is danger all around and you have to keep your ears open, calculate your every word, thought, movement?

What is a suspicious person afraid of?

So, a suspicious person is a person who lacks a sense of basic security or, simply, trust in life. It is not formed, it simply does not exist.

And since the world is so terrible and scary, we need to save ourselves: the individual unconsciously begins to invent ways in which he can survive.

The entire cohort of such a person’s fears can be divided into two large groups:

1. “I will be deceived” - the fears of this group are manifested in the fact that a person is not able to be open, trust others, rely on the environment, or ask for anything.
   In his worldview he is surrounded by enemies, envious people and spiteful critics. Everyone wishes him harm, wants to use him for personal gain, etc.

   In psychology there is the concept of projection. This is when a person assigns to the world (people) what he denies in himself. In this case, the suspicious person himself is hostile towards people, but projects these feelings into the outside world.

2. “I’ll get sick and die” - the fear of becoming sick, weak, unable to take care of oneself is familiar to all suspicious people. Why? Because getting sick is dangerous! Everyone around is evil and calculating, no one needs me, so no one will save me!
   The extreme form of this fear is hypochondria.

   It manifests itself in the fact that an individual constantly takes care of his health - goes to doctors, drinks various dietary supplements, vitamins, makes lotions, compresses, cleanses the chakras, blows on water during the full moon, when Mercury is in Scorpio, etc.

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   He is afraid of getting sick and therefore avoids any realities that might contribute to this.

   A hypochondriac purposefully looks out for any symptoms of illness and rushes to the hospital after the first sneeze or harmless pimple, so that God forbid he misses something serious. Although for him any deviation in physiological parameters is a serious illness leading to death.

Pros and cons of suspiciousness.

A suspicious person is convenient for society. This is an excellent executive worker who double-checks the data received or the figures in the report dozens of times. He always takes precautions, calculates risks, and monitors safety precautions. But what is considered a plus for an employer turns out to be a minus for a suspicious person :

• He becomes timid, indecisive, uncommunicative, and uninteresting. These qualities drive him into a dead end, depriving him of communication, relationships, and friendship.
• His behavior and reactions are not always adequate. Because even in a harmless joke he is able to suspect a hidden meaning, and in a compliment - an insult. This makes it difficult to communicate with him or plan things together.
• Excessive precautions deprive you of initiative and prevent you from setting goals and taking action. All this deprives you of the chance to make a successful career or show your strengths in some bright, promising business.
• Constantly worrying about a possible mistake increases the state of tension. Muscles and blood vessels contract excessively, and hormones that increase blood pressure are released into the blood. All this provokes ulcers, hypertension and many other problems.

Perhaps the only positive quality of suspiciousness is that it is easy to notice and overcome on your own.

To be sure, you can take one of the tests developed by psychologists. There are tests and special questionnaires for preschoolers, teenagers, schoolchildren, and adults. If suspicions are confirmed, this problem will have to be dealt with closely.

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Consequences of suspiciousness

What does suspiciousness give us? In normal dosages, it can really protect us from dangers, troubles and other negativity.

We need the instinct of self-preservation in order not to go out onto a busy road, to be rude to a big man with a pistol, or to jump from the 10th floor.

But in its extreme form, suspiciousness brings only disadvantages:

1. a state of mental discomfort characterized by nervousness, bodily tension, irritability, fear, etc.;
2. impulsive actions leading to negative results;
3. mental chewing gum – replaying the same images in your head of what could happen;
4. a narrow circle of friends due to ineffective communication (what is this?) (I don’t trust anyone and I don’t communicate much. I don’t communicate much - I don’t have communication skills. I don’t have communication skills - it’s difficult to make friends);
5. health problems - as a rule, these are psychosomatic or somatoform disorders. The first arise on a psychological basis and are quite real, the second have the same basis, seem real, but upon examination the person turns out to be healthy.

And the most important thing that suspiciousness deprives people of is a feeling of happiness, satisfaction with oneself and life, desires, aspirations, drives, dreams.

A person does not actually live, but exists. Day after day he fights non-existent enemies and dangers.

What should suspicious people do?

How to get rid of suspiciousness - advice from psychologists:

1. Learn to test reality by mentally returning from fantasies about a terrible future to the “here and now.”
   Anxiety is always worries about the future. But he’s not there yet. There is only this moment - focus on it. Meditation practices help to concentrate on the present. Say “Stop!” more often. a stream of anxious thoughts.
2. Cultivate real, not illusory, confidence. This requires action. Lots of action. They give a person the feeling of “I am, I can, I matter.”
3. Remember that any event inherently has no color.
   It is like a film negative that we color with our own thoughts and emotions. The palette depends on what a person is filled with. Some people enjoy the rain, while others hate it. The event is the same - the view is different. Look for the positives even in the most dire situations.
4. Take a break between the event and the reaction more often. Give yourself time to look at what happened from the outside, imagine that you are an observer.
5. Stop “wanting” (fantasizing)!
   Every current moment has billions of development scenarios, and no one can predict which one will play out. Well, unless you are God. You're not God, are you? We don't know what might happen tomorrow or in a year, we can only plan and hope that this is exactly what will happen. And if we cannot control something, why this unnerving control?
6. Expand your circle of contacts: make friends, fall in love, trust.
   No one is immune from meeting bad people - you will inevitably come across them in your life. However, there are significantly fewer of them than those who can bring happiness and love into your life. The risk is worth it.

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Author of the article: Liliya Sergeevna Kovalenko (psychologist)

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Comments and reviews (8)

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Of course, I don’t agree with everything in the article. I consider myself a suspicious person, but far from cowardly. For me, suspiciousness is excessive worry. Be it unforeseen circumstances, health problems, problems at work, etc.

If someone dear to me suddenly complains about their health, I will immediately begin to stress myself out, immediately think about the bad, and see everything in black and white. In my brain I understand that I need to tune in for the best, but I can’t help myself. By the way, I was raised by my grandmother, she was even more suspicious than me. Now I’m wondering if I was born like this, or if it’s just my upbringing.

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I could well be called suspicious, but in moderation, fortunately. I think this character trait has both good and bad sides. Excessive suspiciousness, of course, is annoying.

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Any more or less responsible person is a suspicious person! A thinking man! It should not be confused with a person who is overly concerned about any process when he does not sleep at night over trifles.

Cowardice? ))) Are you seriously?

What are you calling for? Think about nothing? Don't calculate anything?

Start treating from this!

Since childhood I was taught:

Seven times measure cut once.

Think before you do anything!

So imaginaryness, as I believe, is the quality of a responsible and prudent person.

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It is better to be suspicious than frivolous. Yes, it ruins my life a little, but I have everything under control.

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I am a suspicious person, in other words, a neurotic, but this is not a reason to develop complexes and surrender to a psychiatric hospital, you just need to accept your demons and learn to live with them. People are born neurotic, not made, understand this at last!!!

Yes, sometimes I can’t decide to act until I’ve thought through 1000 options, I need to keep everything under strict control, but this way I stay SAFE. Of course, I tried to let go of control, but it didn’t lead to anything good, so I accept myself as I am!

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The suspicious guy is the one who doesn’t have his own opinion! If you tell him that he is stupid, he will suffer from his own worthlessness!