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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUnited States of Paranoia: They See Gangs of Stalkers
Nobody believed him. His family told him to get help. But Timothy Trespas, an out-of-work recording engineer in his early 40s, was sure he was being stalked, and not by just one person, but dozens of them.
He would see the operatives, he said, disguised as ordinary people, lurking around his Midtown Manhattan neighborhood. Sometimes they bumped into him and whispered nonsense into his ear, he said. Now you see how it works, they would say.
At first, Mr. Trespas wondered if it was all in his head. Then he encountered a large community of like-minded people on the internet who call themselves targeted individuals, or T.I.s, who described going through precisely the same thing.
The group was organized around the conviction that its members are victims of a sprawling conspiracy to harass thousands of everyday Americans with mind-control weapons and armies of so-called gang stalkers. The goal, as one gang-stalking website put it, is to destroy every aspect of a targeted individuals life.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/11/health/gang-stalking-targeted-individuals.html
He would see the operatives, he said, disguised as ordinary people, lurking around his Midtown Manhattan neighborhood. Sometimes they bumped into him and whispered nonsense into his ear, he said. Now you see how it works, they would say.
At first, Mr. Trespas wondered if it was all in his head. Then he encountered a large community of like-minded people on the internet who call themselves targeted individuals, or T.I.s, who described going through precisely the same thing.
The group was organized around the conviction that its members are victims of a sprawling conspiracy to harass thousands of everyday Americans with mind-control weapons and armies of so-called gang stalkers. The goal, as one gang-stalking website put it, is to destroy every aspect of a targeted individuals life.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/11/health/gang-stalking-targeted-individuals.html
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United States of Paranoia: They See Gangs of Stalkers (Original Post)
SecularMotion
Jun 2016
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Socal31
(2,484 posts)1. I'm sure there are plenty of potential funny comments on this.
But mental illness is not a joke. The fact that technology exists that allows the sick to identify and interact with each other, and even group...doesn't make it any less sad or dangerous.
RKP5637
(67,111 posts)2. K&R!!! n/t
Warpy
(111,277 posts)3. I hope my bipolar cousins don't find this bunch
The flip side of the megalomania they all experience during their manic episodes is extreme paranoia. It keeps them from getting any help as their lives spiral out of control.
This is no joke at all. These people need help.
Person 2713
(3,263 posts)4. Paranoid schizophrenia can be dangerous . Delusions shouldn't be affirmed but misery loves company
I guess.
Not against the law for the deluded to gather in person or on the net
Ill advised, but not illegal