Paranoia is a natural state of the mind, induced by certain elements of one's surroundings. Weed can help, or become a catalyst, but it is never the sole cause. you become paranoid if you're unsure of yourself, your surroundings, or both. or just generally unsure.
~totally personal opinion based on experience, no scientifc research involved.
Totally wouldn't have believed that a few months ago but today, ahhhhhhhh, I'm a new man thanks to weed!!! It brought out my paranoia for me to focus on and solve in a comfortable surrounding. A few months ago I
made all of my surroundings hostile and anxiety-inducing simply by my caustic attitude that I carried around with me. I burned out; and while I didn't erroneously attribute it to weed I
was whole-heartedly convinced that weed just REALLY didn't have a good effect on me so I stayed away for a while. But alas, like I said, it was only bringing out the paranoia that
I already had that wasn't necessarily
hidden from me, au contraire, it was more like the elephant in the room! I was just too burned out to think, I still did weed even though it made my anxious just to fit in - even though I've never EVER been the guy that needs to do things to fit in. My whole mind was fucked, and not from weed.
Relax and listen to your body. If you cannot tell yourself to relax without getting uptight then you need to go to bed early for 30 days like I did and get rid of everything unneeded in your life because its probably too much.