what’s gangstalking?
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Gangstalking is the claim that multiple people are stalking you as a form of intimidation and harassment. The belief that you are being gangstalked is likely the result of mental illness.
There’s little psychological research on gangstalking. So I’ll relay its description without commenting on whether it’s a common problem or if it deserves its own label as a mental illness.
Gangstalking is a delusion held by some people that they are being persecuted and their lives torn apart by the government. They believe the government is actively sending out gangs of perpetrators whose sole job is to mess with the brains of these people and prevent them from having normal lives.
Some examples of these activities:
* The person might receive strange phone calls or texts from unknown numbers. The caller/sender might say nothing, or they might make vague threats or accusations.
* The person might notice that random people are staring at them, or they might think they’re hearing people talking about them behind their backs.
* The person might see the same kind of cars with the same colors following them everywhere they go, even on different routes and at different times of day.
The issue remains: there’s virtually no research whatsoever about this phenomenon. It may easily be considered psychosis, paranoid schizophrenia, or OCD with psychotic features.
But the biggest development has been that these people who think these delusions are true are organizing and conversing on online forums. Psychologists worry that these have become echo chambers that only confirm these people’s delusions and perpetuate their paranoia. Users on these forums typically don’t recognize they struggle with paranoid delusions or they’re going through a mental health problem, but rather bounce off of each other that their beliefs are absolutely true and the government must be restrained.
Some of them banded back in 2015 and [convinced the city council of Richmond, Ca., to ban the use of space weapons on people.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN8NPQsgHko)
Probably a covert FBI/Police investigation. You aren’t supposed to notice. Because you are being investigated for a crime, no one can tell you what’s going on. A lot of people who claim to be experiencing gangstalking really are just crazy, though.
I’d like to say I whole heartedly agree with everyones comments that’s it’s mental illness, pychosis or some other figment of the imagination
butin saying that I’m over the age of 30 non drug user who once has a friend who fit the bill for a pychopath yes I know he wasn’t my friend so to speak but I considered him a friend of sorts plus found him interesting although I didn’t agree with some of his actions (torturing animals)
I suppose the reason I tolerated his behaviours was because for starters I could see straight through him and see the insecure little boy inside no matter how fearsome he like to think he is. And because I’m an autistic dumbass who enjoys learning human behaviour…
So in my time knowing this man, I had inadvertently outshined him in many ways achievement wise friend wise his woman would flirt with me although I’d avoid her only being in company of her say when our friend group would be together for lunch, the kicker was when I slept with his schoolyard crush which I was unaware of, but told him and made a comment like she wasn’t a very good lover after he asked told me I was so lucky and he bet that she was the best I had been with
Long story short I experienced what I suspected to be “gangstalking” which wasn’t stalking per se but what certainly seemed like he was trying to destroy my reputation through “flying monkeys” now he knew that I’m quick to anger over principals, as well as that I’m very upfront or direct, I don’t know how to do that what I call hinting, or I suppose it could be called talking indirectly therefore its easy to make me look guilty when I haven’t done anything wrong, now yes I know Autism is mental/developmental disorder
So if theres anything to be taken from this is that I think this gangstalking is bullshit, but simultaneously there is absolute toxic people who if you sleep with there high school crush plus outshine them they could be motivated to destroy you in interesting ways which you could describe being incredibly alike gangstalking
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