Mind Reading= Am I clinically paranoid?

Hi all!
I am 15 going on 16, and over the last few years I've been thinking some pretty odd things!
I often feel watched, and when walking along the street feel people are talking about me. On extremes I think they are reading my mind- but generally, I only think this about my family! My dad has a problem with his sinuses which causes him to cough a lot, but when he does, I assume he is being hostile and attempting to read my mind. I'll automatically touch wood to try and prevent this, but I end up engaging him in an argument within my mind, telling him not to read my mind- and yet, at the same time, I know it's only me I'm talking to, and that my dad may just be listening to my inner conflict silently. I feel that when he has got eye contact or physical contact with me, he can read my mind with much more ease, but when he is at a great distance (out of the house) he has much more difficulty. If his presense isn't near, I don't feel so paranoid. I feel the same about my mum too, but to a lesser extent.
I touch wood not only to prevent people reading my mind, but also to prevent bad situations from happening. I will touch wood very very often. Sometimes I feel that I am part of a lesser part of society, a class which was not born with the ability to mind read and a class which are therefore seen as inferior cripples by others. Sometimes I think instead that my dad is developing mind reading technology with his work, and is testing it on me. And sometimes I know that it cannot be true, and yet feel it is at the same time. It often makes me angry and confused with my dad, yet I know he is not trying to hurt me. When I am irritated and he coughs, my stress level rises through the roof and I will slam down on the nearest wood in a pattern of three, making him annoyed too.

I also have delusions of grandeur- I confidently expect to one day be leader of the earth- albeit a despotic and evil leader attempting to shape humanity to a perfect form. I read Orwell's 1984 and see myself bringing it about. I read about doomsday predictions and see myself as the prophesised AntiChrist bringing about the end of the world, though I am a Christian myself.

While enjoying physical contact such as snuggling with girls, I have no desire for sex; and while finding them often very attractive, I don't think the same about girls in porn and avoid it. I have always been jealous and suspicious in my relationships. Once after a break-up I orchestrated a grandiose scheme in my head as to why it happened, involving many friends in the plot- even though I was the one to finish the relationship!

I have not had any definite hallucinations, but sometimes things move or shift in the corner of my eye, and I see dark shadows like black cloaks swooping through door cracks when I know that my family are not about. This leads me to think that people are watching me and I will cast frequent glances over my shoulder out through the window or peer into hallways. I feel bugs crawling on my legs when I can see one nearby, but this might be owing to the fact that my legs are rather hairy hehe. And I have sometimes heard my dad shout my name from downstairs, but on answering him, he reacts in confusion and tells me he did nothing of the sort.

So, are these the first signs of something more?
OCD for repetetive touching of wood?
Paranoia for believing things that can't possibly be true?
Schizotypal for believing in mindreading?
Or perhaps the beginnings of Paranoid Schizophrenia?

Any feedback would be much appreciated- it's all rather confusing! I'm not really terribly depressed about it at the moment, just baffled as to what I could be facing!

You are the same religion as I am! As a Christian, I have been diagnosed with OCD, paranoid personality disorder,blah blah.
It sounds like that Bible verse in I believe I Corinthians 10:13
CASTING DOWN IMAGINATIONS and every high thing that boasts against the knowledge of Christ, and bringing every thought into captivity!
Since you are the same religion I am, I think you need to realize that not all thoughts that enter your mind are your thoghts. These days are the last days. That means that demonic activity will increase. (Thats why I think so many people are taking antidepressants) Yes, I think I have a 'spirit of fear' that tries to tell me that men are staring at me, or talking about me!
Sometimes you have to make your mind think right thoughts!
I have a bad case of OCD, so I really have to examine every thought that comes into my mind, and say no its just that old'family mental illness' spirit that is in my family background. My brother is schizophrenic, my sister is bipolar, father is OCD, my niece is borderline personality disorder, blah blah blah!

There is something in a family that thinks that it can control me because the rest of my family is mentally ill,(except my mom!) my grandmother is bipolar and I dont identify myself with a label of OCD!

I take medications which really helps the "odd thoughts" that enter my head, but I know that every one is a three part being-
spirit, soul, and body!

It sounds like your family may have a background of mental illness. I am not sure about your dad, but I would reccomend talking to a youth pastor or Christian psychiatrist!

I always think if people are talking about me its my good looks!

I was right! I am overweight, and I was walking along and heard a man say, "Shes a LITTLE overweight, but shes VERY CUTE!" Whoa!

So if I want to be "paranoid" about men staring at me, its because I am cute!

There you have it in a nutshell!

miss clean