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{{short description|Delusion regarding mind manipulation by electronic means}}
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'''Electronic harassment''', '''electromagnetic torture''', or '''psychotronic torture''' is the delusional belief, held by individuals who call themselves "'''targeted individuals'''" ('''TIs'''), that malicious actors (are [[Thought insertion|transmitting sounds and thoughts into people's heads]], affecting their bodies, and harassing them generally.<ref name="WaPo20070114" /><ref name="nyt20081112" /> The delusion often concerns government agents or crime rings) makeand usealleges ofthat the "perpetrators" use [[electromagnetic radiation]] (such as the [[microwave auditory effect]]), radar, and surveillance techniques to [[Thoughtcarry insertion|transmitout soundstheir and thoughts into people's heads]], affect people's bodies, and harass peoplegoals.<ref name=WaPo20070114/><ref name=nyt20081112>{{cite news | title=Sharing Their Demons on the Web | last = Kershaw | first=Sarah | newspaper=[[The New York Times]] | date = November 12, 2008 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/fashion/13psych.html}}</ref> Individuals
Some whoTIs claim to experience this call themselves "'''targeted individuals'''" ('''TIs'''). Some claim they arebe victims of [[gang stalking]], and many have created or joined support and advocacy groups.<ref>{{cite book|author=Brian A. Sharpless|title=Unusual and Rare Psychological Disorders: A Handbook for Clinical Practice and Research|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dgc1DQAAQBAJ&pg=PA40|date=15 November 2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-024586-3|pages=40–}}</ref><ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/10/AR2007011001399_pf.html "Mind Games"], ''[[The Washington Post]]'', January 14, 2007</ref>
Multiple medical professionals have concluded that these experiences are [[hallucination]]s, the result of [[delusional disorder]]s, or [[psychosis]].<ref name=WaPo20070114 /><ref name=nyt20081112 /><ref name=kmir20150212/><ref name="PsychologyToday"/>
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== See also ==
* "[[Air Loom]]"
* ''[[On the Origin of the "Influencing Machine" in Schizophrenia]]''
* ''[[Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura]]''
* [[Directed-energy weapon]]
* [[Electronic warfare]]
* [[Havana syndrome]]
* [[Tin foil hat]]
*''[[The Psychotronic Man]]''
== References ==
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