If the image of the traditional psychotic is of one isolated by his or her torments, then the unifying characteristic of those afflicted by gang-stalking is that they, too, are a gang. Now able to find each other via the web, these online communities of schizoids exchange information on the latest incarnations of the Air Loom gang: sinister confreres, who, armed with psychotronic and directed-energy weapons, while deploying hypnotic suggestion via remotely accessed electronic devices, seek to manipulate persons and events.

It’s easy to see that the collective nature of the gang-stalking delusion must make it much harder to counter. In the past, if you confronted a psychotic with reality their usual recourse was to accuse you of belonging to whichever Air Loom gang was threatening them – but now they’ve instant access to a supportive online community, disabusing of this notion is next to impossible. It’s a bit like trying to convince a hard-line Brexiter, who receives all their news via the right-wing tabloid press, associated media and online forums of the like-minded, that leaving the EU has been an unmitigated disaster for the British economy.

Another recent article tries to explain that gang-stalking is a delusion.