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{{About|purported harassment and torture with exotic [[energy weapons]]|the harming or harassing via [[information technology]] networks|Cyberbullying}}
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'''Electronic harassment''', or '''psychotronic torture''',<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/10/AR2007011001399_5.html |page=5|title=Mind Games |last=Weinberger|first=Sharon |date=January 14, 2007 | work=[[Washington Post]] |accessdate=12 January 2014}}</ref> or '''electromagnetic torture'''<ref name=nyt20081112>{{cite news | title=Sharing Their Demons on the Web | last = Kershaw | first=Sarah | newspaper=[[New York Times]] | date = November 12, 2008 | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/fashion/13psych.html?pagewanted=all}}</ref> describes either a [[psychotronics (conspiracy theory)|conspiracy theory]] or an unusual [[mental illness]], about either the unlawful use (most oftenly ascribed to rogue government officials<ref name=kmir20150212 />) of exotic [[energy weapons]] to forcedly alter a victim's behaviour, or a condition of severe delusional belief systems and [[schizophrenia]].
'''Electronic harassment''', or '''psychotronic torture''',<ref name=WaPoPag5>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/10/AR2007011001399_5.html |page=5|title=Mind Games |last=Weinberger|first=Sharon |date=January 14, 2007 | work=[[Washington Post]] |accessdate=12 January 2014}}</ref> or '''electromagnetic torture'''<ref name=nyt20081112>{{cite news | title=Sharing Their Demons on the Web | last = Kershaw | first=Sarah | newspaper=[[New York Times]] | date = November 12, 2008 | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/fashion/13psych.html?pagewanted=all}}</ref> describes either a [[psychotronics (conspiracy theory)|conspiracy theory]] or an unusual [[mental illness]], about either the unlawful use (most oftenly ascribed to rogue government officials<ref name=kmir20150212 />) of exotic [[energy weapons]] to [[harass]], [[torture]], [[harm]] and forcedly alter a victim's behaviour unnoticed, or a condition of severe [[delusional]] belief systems and [[schizophrenia]].

Since decades ago, the alleged victims around the world claim their truthfulness, while mental health professionals address their expertise according to their technical knowledge often ending the debate in what looks as an [[Martha Mitchell effect|empasse]].


== Internet communities and psychological diagnoses ==
== Internet communities and psychological diagnoses ==
There are extensive online support networks and numerous websites maintained by people fearing mind control. Dr. Bell, whose study was published in the journal [[Psychopathology (journal)|Psychopathology]], along with other mental health professionals, state that reports of ‘mind control experiences’ (MCEs) on self-published web pages are "highly likely to be influenced by delusional beliefs,<ref name=pubmed20060201>{{cite web|last1=Bell|first1=Vaughan|last2=Maiden|first2=Carla|last3=Muñoz-Solomando|first3=Antonio|last4=Reddy|first4=Venu|date=January 2, 2006|title=‘Mind control’ experiences on the internet: implications for the psychiatric diagnosis of delusions. |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16391510|work=[[PubMed]]|accessdate=12 March 2016}}</ref> although he also says it does not suggest all people participating in mind-control sites are delusional, and that a firm diagnosis of psychosis could only be done in person.<ref name=nyt20081112 />
There are extensive online support networks and numerous websites maintained by people fearing [[mind control]]. Dr. Bell, whose study was published in the journal [[Psychopathology (journal)|Psychopathology]], along with other mental health professionals, state that reports of ‘mind control experiences’ (MCEs) on self-published web pages are "highly likely to be influenced by delusional beliefs,<ref name=pubmed20060201>{{cite web|last1=Bell|first1=Vaughan|last2=Maiden|first2=Carla|last3=Muñoz-Solomando|first3=Antonio|last4=Reddy|first4=Venu|date=January 2, 2006|title=‘Mind control’ experiences on the internet: implications for the psychiatric diagnosis of delusions. |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16391510|work=[[PubMed]]|accessdate=12 March 2016}}</ref> although he also says it does not suggest all people participating in mind-control sites are delusional, and that a firm diagnosis of psychosis could only be done in person.<ref name=nyt20081112 />

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Mental health professionals have identified evidence of [[auditory hallucination]]s, [[delusional disorder]]s<ref name=kmir20150212>{{citation |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150829083519/http://www.scrippsmedia.com/kmir6/news/179055911.html |url=http://www.scrippsmedia.com/kmir6/news/179055911.html |title=Electronic Harassment: Voices in My Mind |last=Monroe|first=Angela |date=13 November 2012 |archive-date=2015-12-02|access-date=2016-03-10|dead-url=yes}}</ref> or other mental illnesses in online communities supporting those who claim to be targeted.<ref name=WaPo20070114>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/10/AR2007011001399.html |title=Mind Games |last=Weinberger|first=Sharon |date=January 14, 2007 | work=[[Washington Post]] |accessdate=12 January 2014}}</ref> 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/>

== The claims ==
The claims mostly point fingers to declassified official documents of the infamous 1950s mind control projects such as [[Project MKUltra]], and to unequivocal pieces of information referring to psychotronic wars, experiments and research<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rt.com/news/psychotronic-arms-soviet-weapon-379/ |title=Billion dollar race: Soviet Union vied with US in ‘mind control research’ |date=December 17, 2013 | work=[[RT.com]] |accessdate=13 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/04/06/11061093-reality-check-on-russias-zombie-ray-gun-program?lite |last=Boyle|first=Alan|title=Reality check on Russia's 'zombie ray gun' program |date=April 6, 2012 | work=[[NBC News]] |accessdate=13 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/parameters/Articles/98spring/thomas.htm |last=Thomas|first=Timothy L.|title=The Mind Has No Firewall |date=Spring 1998 | work=[[Strategic Studies Institute]] |accessdate=13 March 2016}}</ref>, which allegedly prove it's all really happening and it's not just a product of delusions. Yet "if you go to the police and say 'I'm hearing voices', they're going to lock you up for psychiatric evaluation"<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/10/AR2007011001399_1.html |page=1|title=Mind Games |last=Weinberger|first=Sharon |date=January 14, 2007 | work=[[Washington Post]] |accessdate=12 January 2014}}</ref>. To be noted is that more than a few victims were put on anti-psychotic drugs without obtaining any benefits whatsoever: the voices did not stop<ref name=WaPoPag5/><ref name=nyt20081112/><ref name=kmir20150212/>.

Another interesting piece of information is the following study conducted on behalf of the [[European Parliament]] in June 2000, titled "Crowd Control Technologies (An appraisal of technologies for political control)":
{{Quote box
|quote = The most controversial 'non-lethal' crowd control and anti-materiel technology proposed by the US
are so called Radio Frequency or Directed Energy Weapons that can allegedly manipulate human
behaviour in a variety of unusual ways. Some microwave systems have been proposed which can raise
body temperature to between 105 to 107 degrees F, to provide a disabling effect in a manner based on
the microwave cooker principle. However, the greatest concern is with systems which can directly
interact with the human nervous system. There are many reports on so called psychotronic weapons
which are beyond the brief of this study but one comment can be made. The research undertaken todate
both in the US and in Russia can be divided into two related areas: (i) individual mind control and
(ii) crowd control. That the US has undertaken a variety of mind control programmes in the past such
as MkULTRA and MkDELTA is a matter of public record and those using electromagnetic radiation
such as PANDORA have been the focus of researchers in para-politics for many years. More
recently, authors such as Begich and Roderick have alleged significant breakthroughs in the ability of
military high frequency electromagnetic technologies to manipulate human behaviour.
|author = OMEGA Foundation, Manchester, UK
|source = ''[[European Parliament]]''
|width = 100%
|align = left
}}
Victims make use of exotic lexicon such as "voice to skull" (abbreviated as "V2K"), official military designation for the [[microwave auditory effect]], denoting weapons that beam voices or sounds into the head, "Targeted Individuals" (abbreviated as "TIs") to describe themselves, 'gang stalking' to refer to the fact they believe they're being followed and harassment by strangers, neighbours or colleagues who work for the government. The alleged victims are aware that the idea of "being targeted by weapons that can invade their minds has become a cultural joke, shorthanded by the image of solitary lunatics wearing [[tinfoil]] hats to deflect invisible mind beams".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/10/AR2007011001399_2.html |page=2|title=Mind Games |last=Weinberger|first=Sharon |date=January 14, 2007 | work=[[Washington Post]] |accessdate=12 January 2014}}</ref>.

The alleged victims of Electronic harassment claim that schizophrenia-like voice hearing, severe psychologycal violence and pain all over their bodies are produced by [[Directed-energy weapons]]<ref name=WaPoPag3/>, and believe government is probing and controlling their minds with mind-control technology, along with other specific symptoms. A victim from California conducted interviews narrowing the symptoms down to several major areas: 'ringing in the ears', 'manipulation of body parts", 'hearing voices', 'piercing sensation on skin', 'sinus problems' and 'sexual attacks'.. in fact, many report the sensation of having their genitalia manipulated.. both male and female TIs report a variety of 'attacks' to their sexual organs, some in the form of sexual stimulation, including one TI who claims he dropped out of the seminary after constant sexual stimulation by directed-energy weapons". A TI in San Diego says many women among the TIs suffer from attacks to their sexual organs but are often embarrassed to talk about it with outsiders.<ref name=WaPoPag5/>.

Thanks to the internet, people believing the government is beaming voices into their heads and living up with social isolation, "now have discovered hundreds, possibly thousands, of others just like them all over the world. Web sites dedicated to electronic harassment and gang stalking have popped up in India, China, Japan, South Korea, the United Kingdom, Russia and elsewhere. Victims begun to host support meetings in major cities, and prompt possible legal strategies for outlawing mind control"<ref name=WaPoPag3>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/10/AR2007011001399_3.html |page=3|title=Mind Games |last=Weinberger|first=Sharon |date=January 14, 2007 | work=[[Washington Post]] |accessdate=12 January 2014}}</ref>.


== Legislative interventions ==
⚫
Psychologists have identified evidence of [[auditory hallucination]]s, [[delusional disorder]]s<ref name=kmir20150212>{{citation |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150829083519/http://www.scrippsmedia.com/kmir6/news/179055911.html |url=http://www.scrippsmedia.com/kmir6/news/179055911.html |title=Electronic Harassment: Voices in My Mind |last=Monroe|first=Angela |date=13 November 2012 |archive-date=2015-12-02|access-date=2016-03-10|dead-url=yes}}</ref> 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 [[Thought insertion|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).<ref name=WaPo20070114>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/10/AR2007011001399.html |title=Mind Games |last=Weinberger|first=Sharon |date=January 14, 2007 | work=[[Washington Post]] |accessdate=12 January 2014}}</ref>
Government representatives showed some support to the victims, with [[Democratic_Party_(United_States)|democratic]] [[Dennis Kucinich]]<ref name=WaPoPag3/> presenting a bill at the [[United States Congress]] advocating the outlaw of "weapons and weapon systems capable of inflicting death or injury on, or damaging or destroying, a person (or the biological life, bodily health, mental health, or physical and economic well-being of a person) using radiation, electromagnetic, psychotronic, sonic, laser, or other energies directed at individual persons or targeted populations for the purpose of information war, mood management, or mind control of such persons or populations"<ref>{{cite news|url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c107:H.R.2977.IH: |title=H.R.2977 -- Space Preservation Act of 2001 (Introduced in House - IH) |last=Kucinich|first=Dennis |date=October 2, 2001 | work=[[Library of Congress]] |accessdate=12 March 2016}}</ref>. Yet this bill was later dropped.


Also [[Republican_Party_(United_States)|republican]] [[Jim Guest]] stepped foward "calling for an investigation into the claims of those who say they are being tortured by mind control". In his own words: "I’ve had enough calls, some from credible people — professors — being targeted by nonlethal weapons", adding that nothing came of his request for a legislative investigation. He added: "I believe there are people who have been targeted by this. With this equipment, you have to test it on somebody to see if it works."<ref name=nyt20081112/>
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/>


== See also ==
== See also ==
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* [[Psychotronics (conspiracy theory)]]
* [[Psychotronics (conspiracy theory)]]
* [[Directed-energy weapon]]
* [[Directed-energy weapon]]
* [[Electronic warfare]]
* [[Tin foil hat]]
* [[Tin foil hat]]
* [[Microwave auditory effect]]
* [[The Corley Conspiracy]], an opera based on alleged electronic harassment
* [[The Corley Conspiracy]], an opera based on alleged electronic harassment
* [[On the Origin of the 'Influencing Machine' in Schizophrenia]]
* [[On the Origin of the 'Influencing Machine' in Schizophrenia]]
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== References and further reading==
== References and further reading ==
*Eric Tucker, 18 September 2013. [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/18/aaron-alexis-microwave-machine_n_3946916.html Aaron Alexis, Navy Yard Shooting Suspect, Thought People Followed Him With Microwave Machine], ''The Huffington Post''
*Eric Tucker, 18 September 2013. [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/18/aaron-alexis-microwave-machine_n_3946916.html Aaron Alexis, Navy Yard Shooting Suspect, Thought People Followed Him With Microwave Machine], ''The Huffington Post''
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24120854 Profile: Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis], BBC News, 25 September 2013
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24120854 Profile: Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis], BBC News, 25 September 2013
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[[Category:Mind control]]
[[Category:Mind control]]
[[Category:Conspiracy]]
[[Category:Less-lethal weapons]]
[[Category:Paranoia]]
[[Category:Paranoia]]
[[Category:Pseudoscience]]
[[Category:Pseudoscience]]
[[Category:Harassment]]
[[Category:Harassment]]
[[Category:Torture]]

Revision as of 02:18, 13 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,[1] or electromagnetic torture[2] describes either a conspiracy theory or an unusual mental illness, about either the unlawful use (most oftenly ascribed to rogue government officials[3]) of exotic energy weapons to harass, torture, harm and forcedly alter a victim's behaviour unnoticed, or a condition of severe delusional belief systems and schizophrenia.

Since decades ago, the alleged victims around the world claim their truthfulness, while mental health professionals address their expertise according to their technical knowledge often ending the debate in what looks as an empasse.

Internet communities and psychological diagnoses

There are extensive online support networks and numerous websites maintained by people fearing mind control. Dr. Bell, whose study was published in the journal Psychopathology, along with other mental health professionals, state that reports of ‘mind control experiences’ (MCEs) on self-published web pages are "highly likely to be influenced by delusional beliefs,[4] although he also says it does not suggest all people participating in mind-control sites are delusional, and that a firm diagnosis of psychosis could only be done in person.[2]

Mental health professionals have identified evidence of auditory hallucinations, delusional disorders[3] or other mental illnesses in online communities supporting those who claim to be targeted.[5] Palm Springs psychiatrist Alan Drucker has identified evidence of delusional disorders on many of these websites[3] and other psychologists are divided over whether such sites negatively reinforce mental troubles or act as a form of group cognitive therapy.[2]

The claims

The claims mostly point fingers to declassified official documents of the infamous 1950s mind control projects such as Project MKUltra, and to unequivocal pieces of information referring to psychotronic wars, experiments and research[6][7][8], which allegedly prove it's all really happening and it's not just a product of delusions. Yet "if you go to the police and say 'I'm hearing voices', they're going to lock you up for psychiatric evaluation"[9]. To be noted is that more than a few victims were put on anti-psychotic drugs without obtaining any benefits whatsoever: the voices did not stop[1][2][3].

Another interesting piece of information is the following study conducted on behalf of the European Parliament in June 2000, titled "Crowd Control Technologies (An appraisal of technologies for political control)":

The most controversial 'non-lethal' crowd control and anti-materiel technology proposed by the US are so called Radio Frequency or Directed Energy Weapons that can allegedly manipulate human behaviour in a variety of unusual ways. Some microwave systems have been proposed which can raise body temperature to between 105 to 107 degrees F, to provide a disabling effect in a manner based on the microwave cooker principle. However, the greatest concern is with systems which can directly interact with the human nervous system. There are many reports on so called psychotronic weapons which are beyond the brief of this study but one comment can be made. The research undertaken todate both in the US and in Russia can be divided into two related areas: (i) individual mind control and (ii) crowd control. That the US has undertaken a variety of mind control programmes in the past such as MkULTRA and MkDELTA is a matter of public record and those using electromagnetic radiation such as PANDORA have been the focus of researchers in para-politics for many years. More recently, authors such as Begich and Roderick have alleged significant breakthroughs in the ability of military high frequency electromagnetic technologies to manipulate human behaviour.

OMEGA Foundation, Manchester, UK, European Parliament

Victims make use of exotic lexicon such as "voice to skull" (abbreviated as "V2K"), official military designation for the microwave auditory effect, denoting weapons that beam voices or sounds into the head, "Targeted Individuals" (abbreviated as "TIs") to describe themselves, 'gang stalking' to refer to the fact they believe they're being followed and harassment by strangers, neighbours or colleagues who work for the government. The alleged victims are aware that the idea of "being targeted by weapons that can invade their minds has become a cultural joke, shorthanded by the image of solitary lunatics wearing tinfoil hats to deflect invisible mind beams".[10].

The alleged victims of Electronic harassment claim that schizophrenia-like voice hearing, severe psychologycal violence and pain all over their bodies are produced by Directed-energy weapons[11], and believe government is probing and controlling their minds with mind-control technology, along with other specific symptoms. A victim from California conducted interviews narrowing the symptoms down to several major areas: 'ringing in the ears', 'manipulation of body parts", 'hearing voices', 'piercing sensation on skin', 'sinus problems' and 'sexual attacks'.. in fact, many report the sensation of having their genitalia manipulated.. both male and female TIs report a variety of 'attacks' to their sexual organs, some in the form of sexual stimulation, including one TI who claims he dropped out of the seminary after constant sexual stimulation by directed-energy weapons". A TI in San Diego says many women among the TIs suffer from attacks to their sexual organs but are often embarrassed to talk about it with outsiders.[1].

Thanks to the internet, people believing the government is beaming voices into their heads and living up with social isolation, "now have discovered hundreds, possibly thousands, of others just like them all over the world. Web sites dedicated to electronic harassment and gang stalking have popped up in India, China, Japan, South Korea, the United Kingdom, Russia and elsewhere. Victims begun to host support meetings in major cities, and prompt possible legal strategies for outlawing mind control"[11].

Legislative interventions

Government representatives showed some support to the victims, with democratic Dennis Kucinich[11] presenting a bill at the United States Congress advocating the outlaw of "weapons and weapon systems capable of inflicting death or injury on, or damaging or destroying, a person (or the biological life, bodily health, mental health, or physical and economic well-being of a person) using radiation, electromagnetic, psychotronic, sonic, laser, or other energies directed at individual persons or targeted populations for the purpose of information war, mood management, or mind control of such persons or populations"[12]. Yet this bill was later dropped.

Also republican Jim Guest stepped foward "calling for an investigation into the claims of those who say they are being tortured by mind control". In his own words: "I’ve had enough calls, some from credible people — professors — being targeted by nonlethal weapons", adding that nothing came of his request for a legislative investigation. He added: "I believe there are people who have been targeted by this. With this equipment, you have to test it on somebody to see if it works."[2]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Weinberger, Sharon (January 14, 2007). "Mind Games". Washington Post. p. 5. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e Kershaw, Sarah (November 12, 2008). "Sharing Their Demons on the Web". New York Times.
  3. ^ a b c d 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. ^ Bell, Vaughan; Maiden, Carla; Muñoz-Solomando, Antonio; Reddy, Venu (January 2, 2006). "'Mind control' experiences on the internet: implications for the psychiatric diagnosis of delusions". PubMed. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  5. ^ Weinberger, Sharon (January 14, 2007). "Mind Games". Washington Post. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  6. ^ "Billion dollar race: Soviet Union vied with US in 'mind control research'". RT.com. December 17, 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  7. ^ Boyle, Alan (April 6, 2012). "Reality check on Russia's 'zombie ray gun' program". NBC News. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  8. ^ Thomas, Timothy L. (Spring 1998). "The Mind Has No Firewall". Strategic Studies Institute. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  9. ^ Weinberger, Sharon (January 14, 2007). "Mind Games". Washington Post. p. 1. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  10. ^ Weinberger, Sharon (January 14, 2007). "Mind Games". Washington Post. p. 2. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  11. ^ a b c Weinberger, Sharon (January 14, 2007). "Mind Games". Washington Post. p. 3. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  12. ^ Kucinich, Dennis (October 2, 2001). "H.R.2977 -- Space Preservation Act of 2001 (Introduced in House - IH)". Library of Congress. Retrieved 12 March 2016.

References and further reading

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