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Psychological Harassment (Bullying and Mobbing) Psychological Harassment Bullying Tactics and Strategies Revealed Information Association Indirect Communication Indirect Threats Conditioning your mind Negatively or Bullying Bullying Survey Bullying Forum Positively Bullying Reporting System Rejection Hurts The Never Ending Test News & Articles Portal Intrusive Thoughts (Degrading Themes) Tell Your Friends Ambiguities - Self Doubt and Uncertainties Awareness & Prevention Metaphorical Speech – Hidden Threats Health - Safety - Productivity Responsibility and Vulnerability Ideation used to Manipulate Victims Credibility and Psychological Warfare Covert Type Investigations Fear of Fear and Attacks to the Honor Welcome Home Ivan Pavlov Psychological Harassment is not a new phenomenon but it is one that is on the News - 12 year boy hangs himself Technology rise. It’s a serious phenomenon that has serious consequences for the victims and Psychological our society. In Connecticut, a 12 year old boy Manipulation hanged himself in his closet with a Advanced This website was created to provide information about Psychological Harassment necktie after being picked on for Technologies and its many forms. It also exposes psychological harassment and different months at school over his bad psychological manipulations used to target individuals. Stress and Stress breath and body odor. Management Many victims of psychological harassment suffer from physical ailments, irritability, The suicide spawned a Connecticut Suicide Factors and anxiety, nervousness, insomnia, stress, fatigue, depressive states, burn outs, and law mandating schools to report Depression in some cases suicide. Many are unable to continue working and suffer financial bullies to authorities. Degrading Themes loss. Words boy hangs himself after being Conclusion In some cases the causes are over work, unrealistic work demands, withholding bullied at school Portal (News) information and resources, arbitrary removal of responsibilities, public humiliation, consistent over time, lack of professional autonomy, favoritism and nepotism, About Us excessive competitive work environment, disorganized working conditions, News - Social rejection and Contact Us ambiguous tasks or contradictory tasks, tasks that are deprived of purpose, isolation is registered as pain by Feedback constant threats of dismissal, leadership styles, lack of communication, and the brain. Links intimidation. Bullying Violence has different forms: Physical and Psychological. Many safe guards have Bullying What To Do been put in place to prevent physical violence in our society but few if any exist to Bullying Case Example prevent psychological violence. Bullying FAQ Psychological Harassment has many forms: the most common being verbal abuse. Bullying Forum Some tactics aim at trying to humiliate or weaken the morale of individuals or Bullying Survey groups. Bullying Reporting System Mobbing also referred to by some as Bullying, psychological terrorism, and Bullying Wiki organizational violence is described as a collective form of psychological violence in http://www.psychologicalharassment.com/ (1 of 4) [10/30/2008 12:38:11 AM] Psychological Harassment (Bullying and Mobbing) Bullying vs. Mobbing which many individuals unite to persecute an individual by making constant Social rejection and isolation Mobbing negative remarks, repeated criticism or sarcasm, intimidation, threats, registers as pain to a part of the insinuations, try to humiliate, circulate false information concerning the individual, brain, which registers physical Laws and to socially isolate the individual. Mobbing is a way of destroying a person pain, called the anterior cingulate without using any physical means, a psychological war of nerves with wear the cortex according to researchers Videos individual out tactics. A group attacks an individual's dignity, integrity, self-image, who measured the neural reactions The Brain Video self-confidence, self-esteem, place in doubt of competence, threaten their careers, of people who thought they had and means of subsistence. become outcasts in a game. Coercive Mind Control One method used to induce distress or suffering in a person is by systematically Tactics Rejection really hurts, UCLA isolating them from their peers. psychologists find Psychological After a few months some victims can suffer from psychiatric difficulties such as Harassment at Work paranoia, chronic fatigue, loss of self-esteem and self-confidence, and depression. News - In Quebec, new laws Tools & Docs "A tactic that is sometimes used, to break a person down psychologically and concerning psychological Downloads harassment have come into effect physically, is to induce as much stress as possible for a long period of time." - (see on June 1st 2004. Terms of use The Effects of Stress) On December 19 2002 the Quebec One tactic is to attack or upset, emotional or mood change, the victim early in the government introduced new laws day or morning. This can set the mood or have a lasting effect through out the concerning psychological day. (see Negative Conditioning) harassment. These new laws have come into effect on June 1st 2004. 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 Sect. 81.18 worry, anxiety, about the attack or event through out the weekend. For the purposes of this Act, “psychological harassment” means any vexatious behaviour A report from Téléjournal - Le Point called “Le cauchemar du harcèlement moral” documents the cases of in the form of repeated and hostile or three people. One of the persons documented committed suicide. The article is in French: “Le cauchemar du unwanted conduct, verbal comments, actions harcèlement moral”. or gestures, that affects an employee’s dignity or psychological or physical integrity and that According to this report the psychiatrist Marie-France Hirigoyen, author of Le harcèlement moral : La violence results in a harmful work environment for the perverse au quotidien, started a social debate in France in 1998 that resulted in a new law to penalize employee. psychological harassment. Art L.122-49 alinea 1 du code du travail. A single serious incidence of such behaviour that has a lasting harmful effect on an Psychological Harassment is viewed as direct or indirect tactics used to get rid of someone or to break them employee may also constitute psychological down psychologically and should not be confused with stress related to work performance. harassment. (IN FORCE ON JUNE 1, 2004) After a few months some people can suffer from psychological problems. Some can react with hyper ___________________ combativeness and can be classified as paranoid. Some suffer from chronic fatigue, low self-esteem, 2002, c. 80, s. 47. depression, loss of employment, and suicide. Attacks to an individual's dignity, integrity, self-image, things that can be humiliating, can become destructive Commission des normes du travail by their repetition. Anyone can be a target of psychological harassment and there isn’t any particular psychological profile attached to it. In some cases, the difficulty is that the attacks are subtle and leave few traces so when the person is targeted http://www.psychologicalharassment.com/ (2 of 4) [10/30/2008 12:38:11 AM] Psychological Harassment (Bullying and Mobbing) they are destabilized and do not know how to defend themselves. Radio Canada Stalking the Soul: Emotional Abuse and the Erosion of Identity by Marie-France Hirigoyen, Helen Marx (Afterword), Thomas Moore (Translator) From Publishers Weekly "Often, emotional abuse builds over a long period of time until it becomes so unbearable that victims lash out in frustration and anger, only to appear unstable and aggressive themselves. This, according to Hirigoyen, is the intent of many abusers: to systematically "destabilize" and confuse their victims (with irrational, threatening behavior that preys on the victim's fears and self-doubts), to isolate and control them and ultimately to destroy their identity." amazon.com 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. http://www.psychologicalharassment.com/ (3 of 4) [10/30/2008 12:38:11 AM] Psychological Harassment (Bullying and Mobbing) Victims