Patterns of imbalance: Feeling paranoid or self-protective; unfair projection or expectation of hostility from others.

To trust in teh goodness of others is to be nourished by the milk of human kindness. Regrettably, many souls are malnourished; they are unable to receive the sustaining love of others. Oregon Grape is indicated for those persons who are filled with paranoia; they see the world and those around them as hostile and unfair. --Taken from Flower Essence Repertory by P. Kaminski and R. Katz