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Revision as of 21:26, 30 August 2015 by 71.35.114.217 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) This article is about purported harassment with electromagnetic waves. For the harming or harassing via information technology networks, see Cyberbullying.

Electronic harassment is the use of electromagnetic waves to harass a victim. Psychologists have identified evidence of auditory hallucinations, delusional disorders or other mental illnesses in online communities supporting those who claim to be targeted. Individuals suffering from auditory hallucinations, delusional disorders or other mental illness have claimed that government agents make use of electric fields, microwaves (such as the microwave auditory effect) and radar to transmit sounds and thoughts into their heads, referring to technology that they say can achieve this as "voice to skull" or "V2K" after an obsolete military designation.

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. Without a frame of reference by which to understand how microwave electronic harassment technology affects a victim, and because its effects, when described so closely mirror those of associated with persons determined to be suffering from auditory hallucinations presumed to be self-generated, mental health professionals are not equipped to differentiate between mental illness and targeting by electronic surveillance technology. The very tendency to be based in a way that quickly discredits those claiming to be the victims of electronic harassment as mentally ill suggests a fundamental disparity in the field of psychology which limits the ability of mental health professionals to effectively diagnose patients, and possibly hints at the liklihood of government cover up of such technology and attempts to remove from and discredit information about its use to the general public. Or an inherent systematic disparity when professionals in one field are not educated in other subject matter related to or intersecting with their primary field of knowledge. Without a thorough baseline radio frequency technologies such as remote neural monitoring or an understanding of in what ways and how frequently such technologies are used, psychologists have no means by which to gauge the likelihood that a patient may be the victim of electronic harassment, rather than suffering from a mental illness.

"Psychotronics"

Main article: Psychotronics (conspiracy theory)

In Russia, a group called "Victims of Psychotronic Experimentation" attempted to recover damages from the Federal Security Service 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 "psychotronic" psychological warfare techniques during the early 1990s, with Vladimir Lopatkin, a State Duma committee member in 1995, surmising "Something that was secret for so many years is the perfect breeding ground for conspiracy theories."

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. These campaigns have received some support from public figures, including former U.S. Congressman Dennis Kucinich and former Missouri State Representative Jim Guest. 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. Other experts compare these stories to accounts of alien abductions.

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References

  1. ^ Monroe, Angela (November 12, 2012). "Electronic Harassment: Voices in My Mind". KMIR News. Retrieved 2014-02-25.
  2. ^ Weinberger, Sharon (January 14, 2007). "Mind Games". Washington Post. Retrieved 12 January 2014. Cite error: The named reference "WaPo20070114" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  3. ^ Kershaw, Sarah (November 12, 2008). "Sharing Their Demons on the Web". New York Times.
  4. Matthews, Owen (July 11, 1995). "Report: Soviets Used Top-Secret 'Psychotronic' Weapons". The Moscow Times. Retrieved March 5, 2014.

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