INTRODUCTION
Psychological Harassment is not a new phenomenon but it is one that is on the rise. It’s a serious phenomenon that has serious consequences for the victims and our society.
This website was created to provide information about Psychological Harassment and its many forms. It also exposes psychological harassment and different psychological manipulations used to target individuals.
Many victims of psychological harassment suffer from physical ailments, irritability, anxiety, nervousness, insomnia, stress, fatigue, depressive states, burn outs, and in some cases suicide. Many are unable to continue working and suffer financial loss.
In some cases the causes are over work, unrealistic work demands, withholding information and resources, arbitrary removal of responsibilities, public humiliation, consistent over time, lack of professional autonomy, favoritism and nepotism, excessive competitive work environment, disorganized working conditions, ambiguous tasks or contradictory tasks, tasks that are deprived of purpose, constant threats of dismissal, leadership styles, lack of communication, and intimidation.
Violence has different forms: Physical and Psychological. Many safe guards have been put in place to prevent physical violence in our society but few if any exist to prevent psychological violence.
Psychological Harassment has many forms: the most common being verbal abuse. Some tactics aim at trying to humiliate or weaken the morale of individuals or groups.
Mobbing also referred to by some as Bullying, psychological terrorism, and organizational violence is described as a collective form of psychological violence in which many individuals unite to persecute an individual by making constant negative remarks, repeated criticism or sarcasm, intimidation, threats, insinuations, try to humiliate, circulate false information concerning the individual, and to socially isolate the individual. Mobbing is a way of destroying a person without using any physical means, a psychological war of nerves with wear the individual out tactics. A group attacks an individual's dignity, integrity, self-image, self-confidence, self-esteem, place in doubt of competence, threaten their careers, and means of subsistence.
One method used to induce distress or suffering in a person is by systematically isolating them from their peers.
After a few months some victims can suffer from psychiatric difficulties such as paranoia, chronic fatigue, loss of self-esteem and self-confidence, and depression.
"A tactic that is sometimes used, to break a person down psychologically and physically, is to induce as much stress as possible for a long period of time." This tactic is often used to cause macromineral deficiencies and acid-base disorders in the victim.
One tactic is to attack or upset, emotional or mood change, the victim early in the day or morning. This can set the mood or have a lasting effect through out the day. (see Negative Conditioning)
Another tactic is to attack or upset the victim late in the work day on Fridays just before a restful weekend. This has the effect of causing the victim to think or worry, anxiety, about the attack or event through out the weekend.
A report from Téléjournal - Le Point called “Le cauchemar du harcèlement moral” documents the cases of three people. One of the persons documented committed suicide. The article is in French: “Le cauchemar du harcèlement moral”.
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As stated above, psychological harassment can cause physical and
psychological illness. Reports, statistics, and documents relating to
how many people have suffered from burnouts, depression, suicide, and
other illnesses caused by psychological harassment are hard to find.
Statistics on suicides are available. In some countries like Canada,
suicide is the number one cause of death for men in different age
groups. In the United States it is the third leading cause of death
among those aged 15-24 and the second leading cause of death among those
aged 25-34. We do not know what percentages of these suicides were caused
by psychological harassment.
Mental disorders (particularly depression and substance abuse) are associated with more than 90% of all cases of suicide. However, suicide results from many complex socio cultural factors and is more likely to occur during periods of socio-economic, family and individual crisis (e.g. loss of a loved one, employment, honour). Former site of Befrienders International. |
A few websites exist that claim that advanced technology is
being used on
people. The technology described can remotely induce pain, sexual
stimulation, orgasms, and other sensations. Another technology described on these websites
is about some kind of sound technology.
Victims from all over the world have contacted an
organization called CAHRA Citizens Against Human Rights
Abuse to report various forms of harassment and torture.
Victims have reported the use of mind control and the use of
advanced technologies. All the victims describe the
technology as unbelievably sophisticated. |
Degrading themes are often used to try to prevent people from coming
forward.When some people hear of psychological
torture they often think of sleep depravation, repetitive sounds, and
repetitive words. As already stated, psychological harassment and its
many forms can have devastating effects on the victims, both physically
and psychologically, and can induce a lot of suffering.
Strategies and tactics that are often used that victims can learn of are on the
psychological manipulation page.