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There are extensive online support networks and numerous websites maintained by people fearing mind control. Palm Springs psychiatrist Alan Drucker has identified evidence of delusional disorders on many of these websites<ref name=kmir20150212/> and other psychologists are divided over whether such sites negatively reinforce mental troubles or act as a form of group cognitive therapy.<ref name=nyt20081112/> There are extensive online support networks and numerous websites maintained by people fearing mind control. Palm Springs psychiatrist Alan Drucker has identified evidence of delusional disorders on many of these websites<ref name=kmir20150212/> and other psychologists are divided over whether such sites negatively reinforce mental troubles or act as a form of group cognitive therapy.<ref name=nyt20081112/>

=="Psychotronics"==
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In Russia, a group called "Victims of Psychotronic Experimentation" attempted to recover damages from the ] during the mid-1990s for alleged infringement of their civil liberties including "beaming rays" at them, putting chemicals in the water, and using magnets to alter their minds. These fears may have been inspired by revelations of secret research into "]" psychological warfare techniques during the early 1990s, with Vladimir Lopatkin, a ] committee member in 1995, surmising "Something that was secret for so many years is the perfect breeding ground for conspiracy theories."<ref>{{cite news| title=Report: Soviets Used Top-Secret 'Psychotronic' Weapons | first=Owen|last=Matthews |work=The Moscow Times | date=July 11, 1995 |url=http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/report-soviets-used-top-secret-psychotronic-weapons/337288.html|accessdate=March 5, 2014}}</ref>

In the US, there are people who hear voices in their heads and claim the government is using "psychotronic torture" against them, and who campaign to stop the use of alleged psychotronic and other mind control weapons.<ref name=WaPo20070114/><ref name=nyt20081112></ref> These campaigns have received some support from public figures, including former U.S. Congressman ]<ref name=WaPo20070114 /> and former Missouri State Representative ].<ref name=nyt20081112 /> Yale psychiatry professor Ralph Hoffman notes that people often ascribe voices in their heads to external sources such as government harassment, God, and dead relatives, and it can be difficult to persuade them that their belief in an external influence is delusional.<ref name=WaPo20070114 /> Other experts compare these stories to accounts of ]s.<ref name=nyt20081112 />


== See also == == See also ==

Revision as of 01:04, 11 March 2016

This article is about purported harassment and torture with exotic energy weapons. For the harming or harassing via information technology networks, see Cyberbullying.

Electronic harassment, or psychotronic torture, or electromagnetic torture describes either a conspiracy theory or an unusual mental illness, about either the unlawful use (most oftenly ascribed to rough government agents) of exotic energy weapons to forcedly alter a victim's behaviour, or a condition of severe delusional belief systems and schizophrenia.

Psychologists have identified evidence of auditory hallucinations, delusional disorders or other mental illnesses in online communities supporting those who claim to be targeted by government agents through the use of electric fields, microwaves (such as in the microwave auditory effect) and radar to transmit sounds and thoughts into their heads, referring to technology called "voice to skull" or "V2K" (a US military designation for the microwave hearing effect).

There are extensive online support networks and numerous websites maintained by people fearing mind control. Palm Springs psychiatrist Alan Drucker has identified evidence of delusional disorders on many of these websites and other psychologists are divided over whether such sites negatively reinforce mental troubles or act as a form of group cognitive therapy.

See also

Notes

  1. Weinberger, Sharon (January 14, 2007). "Mind Games". Washington Post. p. 5. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  2. ^ Kershaw, Sarah (November 12, 2008). "Sharing Their Demons on the Web". New York Times.
  3. ^ Monroe, Angela (13 November 2012), Electronic Harassment: Voices in My Mind, archived from the original on 2015-12-02, retrieved 2016-03-10 {{citation}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 2015-08-29 suggested (help); Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ Weinberger, Sharon (January 14, 2007). "Mind Games". Washington Post. Retrieved 12 January 2014.

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