a siege mentality

the belief that you must protect yourself because other people are going to attack you Many designers develop a siege mentality because they're terrified someone will steal their ideas.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
BogumiŁA	baw-guw-MEE-wah	Polish
Rodney	RAHD-nee	English
Ljube	-	Macedonian
Kenny	KEN-ee	Scottish, English
Donovan	-	Irish, English
Violetta	vyo-LET-tah (Italian), vee-ah-LYE-tah (Russian)	Italian, Russian