Talk:Edward O. Thorp's Casino Chip/@comment-4273152-20160626230252/@comment-1674153-20160627233927

The difference between paranoia and anxiety is not what we're talking about. But since you bring those definitions up, then surely you see that being fearful of letting go of a poker chip because you're under the conviction that doing so would cause you harm is a pretty extreme fear, especially since the poker chip does not cause physical harm in any capacity. And as you said, paranoia involves extreme worries and delusions.

Say, the delusion of being unable to walk out of a room.