Keith was surprised when his boss invited a co-worker to lunch but did not invite him. At first, Keith was convinced that he had not been invited because they wanted to discuss Keith's job performance at lunch. Later, the co-worker told Keith that the boss had taken her to lunch to tell her that she was being laid off. Privately, Keith was relieved because it now made perfect sense to him why he had not been invited to lunch. In this scenario, Keith appears to have:

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Keith is not experiencing any delusions, but rather, he is using normal thought processes to try to understand why he was not invited to lunch with his boss and coworker. Once he hears the reason for the lunch, Keith is able to make sense of the situation and no longer feels paranoid about his job performance.

Keith Was Surprised When His Boss Invited a Co-Worker to Lunch