I have a soft spot for the gang stalking people. Before I learned more about programs like MKUltra I was much quicker to just dismiss all of their claims. I'm hesitant to label all of it a side effect of mental illness, because if I was legitimately being fucked with and no one believed me I'm sure my mental health would rapidly deteriorate.
The whole thing is very sad and it breaks my heart to see people suffering like that regardless of whether it's a delusion or not.
I’m hesitant to label all of it a side effect of mental illness, because if I was legitimately being fucked with and no one believed me I’m sure my mental health would rapidly deteriorate.
It's hardly mutually exclusive.
People living in high stress situations tend to develop cooping mechanisms. And if you've been assaulted by the police before, that's bound to create some lingering PTSD. How many times do you need to be Rodney King'd before you start jumping at shadows?
On the flip side, if you express symptoms of a mental health crisis, then it's possible you're attracting attention from law enforcement. Police see your paranoia as suspicious activity and end up reinforcing it. Particularly true in neighborhoods that already employ Broken Windows policing and Stop And Frisk police harassment.
I have a soft spot for the gang stalking people. Before I learned more about programs like MKUltra I was much quicker to just dismiss all of their claims. I'm hesitant to label all of it a side effect of mental illness, because if I was legitimately being fucked with and no one believed me I'm sure my mental health would rapidly deteriorate.
The whole thing is very sad and it breaks my heart to see people suffering like that regardless of whether it's a delusion or not.
It's hardly mutually exclusive.
People living in high stress situations tend to develop cooping mechanisms. And if you've been assaulted by the police before, that's bound to create some lingering PTSD. How many times do you need to be Rodney King'd before you start jumping at shadows?
On the flip side, if you express symptoms of a mental health crisis, then it's possible you're attracting attention from law enforcement. Police see your paranoia as suspicious activity and end up reinforcing it. Particularly true in neighborhoods that already employ Broken Windows policing and Stop And Frisk police harassment.
If you're a communist organizer and think you're being gangstalked, whatever, less unbelievable.
If you're a sales rep at the Ski-doo dealership in suburban Dayton, Ohio, then no, I don't think it's anything but psychosis.
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