Linguistic Analysis of Online Communication About a Novel Persecutory Belief System (Gangstalking): Mixed Methods Study
BackgroundGangstalking is a novel persecutory belief system whereby those affected believe they are being followed, stalked, and harassed by a large number of people, often numbering in the thousands.The harassment is experienced as an accretion of innumerable individually benign acts such as people clearing their throat, muttering under their brea