Enemy complex

An enemy complex is in modern psychology a mental disorder in which a person falsely believes he or she is surrounded by enemies.{{cite journal|first1=P.A |last1=Heads |first2=J. H. |last2=Lawton |jstor= 3544591|title=Studies on the Natural Enemy Complex of the Holly Leaf-Miner: The Effects of Scale on the Detection of Aggregative Responses and the Implications for Biological Control |date=2 February 1983 |journal=Oikos|doi=10.2307/3544591|volume=40|issue=2|pages=267 |bibcode=1983Oikos..40..267H }} Additional disorders of the mind generally accompanied with an enemy complex include paranoia and low-self esteem.{{cite web |first1=Diane |last1=Lechtiz |first2=Anthony |last2=Potter |first3=Kara |last3=Dusenbury |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6px3Iu-w40 |title=Hitler and Stalin: The Roots of Evil |via=YouTube|date=10 July 2015 |publisher=History Channel |accessdate=17 June 2016 |format=Video}}

American historian Robert C. Tucker used the phrase in his 1988 book Stalin as Revolutionary to describe the mental state of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin.

Mike Tyson described himself having an enemy complex. Thinking that his opponents and their coaches and trainers were his enemies.{{cite web |last1=Tyson |first1=Mike |title=Sugar Ray Leonard | Hotboxin' with Mike Tyson |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTR2YNPNm0Q&t=55m40s |website=YouTube |date=27 February 2020 |accessdate=28 February 2020}}