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Paranoia: the gift of the survivor and the burden of the overtired, stressed, and terrified.

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Patricia Briggs
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: February 28
Novelist
Writer
Butte
Montana
Paranoia
Stressed
Survivor
Terrified
Burden
Gift

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