Editing Targeted individuals

''Also refers to: gangstalking''

'''Targeted Individuals''' or a '''TI''' is a person experiencing degrees of auditory, visual, somatic or psychogenic disturbances who believes those experiences are the direct result of nefarious actors using sophisticated technological capabilities against them. Theories on the alleged perpetrators range from the [[Men In Black]], public officials engaged in retaliation or criminal gangs (sometimes called gangstalking). While some psychologists say ''some'' people who self identify as a Targetted Individual are likely suffering from a form of mental illness, this does not explain the full range of experiencers and circumstances. TI's are statistically among the more affluent and higher educated segment of society. Proponents note the typical experiencer does not have a lengthy association with the subject nor are they the typical "Tin Foil Hat" wearing paranoiac the media often portrays, and that much of the technology they believe is being used against them either actually exists or has been patented (V2K, microwave anti-personnel weapons, etc).

The difference between a TI and a paranoid individual is generally that TI is highly specific in who is out to get to them. They often also believe they know the motivation behind their targeted harrassment, and often the method or technology being employed by which it is carried out.

== Suspected Motivations ==
The reasons why TI's believe they are selected for electronic harrassment vary as much as the experiencer themselves.

Some of the common reasons include:

* Reprisal by government authorities for whistleblower activities.
* Selected as "test subjects" for unwitting experimentation.
* Punishment for some past misdeed.
* Targeting by criminal gangs. In modern times, this has expanded to include cybergangs that operate on the so-called Dark Web via the TOR Network.
* Harrassment by Foreign Intelligence Service agents for unfavorable stances on various topics (ie: civil rights in Tibet).
* Incidental exposure to an exotic technology due to proximity to sensitive sites (nuclear power plants, military installations, government facilities, experimental comms, critical infrastructure).

== What TI's Fear ==
A Targetted Individual has experienced disruptions in their normal lives and often bodily functions and sense of normalcy. There are multiple ways they believe the nefarious parties are acting against them:

* A very common belief among TI's and their advocates is that electromagnetic energy (in the form of radio waves like VLF, ELF, microwaves, etc) are being used to affect a desired state onto the unwitting experiencer. These types of hypothetical attacks take the form of microwave induced anti-personnel effects, voice-to-skull transmission and other technologies that rely upon command of the EM spectrum as their primary means to affect their desired outcome. This is reported in the form of pain, burning sensations, restless legs, skin crawling or tingling, numbness and a host of other descriptive phenomena.
* Although most TI's are entirely unrelated to the Alien Abduction Experiencer sub-group, a small number of TI's do report finding anomalous foreign metallic objects embedded somewhere within their body.
* Some TI's report being assaulted while they are sleeping, while others claim to experience minor nuisances such as a set of keys being moved, or pair of shoes being hidden.
* Some also believe their assailants single out one particular aspect of their lives to disrupt, in order to minimize detection. This could take the form of spreading rumors among social circles, causing a minor traffic collision to even the belief their attacker is causing their work email to load more slowly.