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 ====== Unraveling Mental Health Search Trends: A 2016 Neuroweapon Deployment Model and Its Implications ======
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 The replication of our methods on Reddit subscriber data confirms that, among the set of subreddits analyzed, only r/medicalquestions and r/trueoffmychest exhibit a statistically significant structural break at 2016. These communities capture precisely the symptom-expression domains highlighted in the article’s keyword analysis. The convergence of evidence from Google search data and Reddit community growth strongly suggests that 2016 marked a structural shift in online expression of psychological and medical symptom concerns.
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 Figure 8: Year-over-year growth rates for the combined series. Acceleration is visible beginning in 2016.
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 We model a hypothetical 2016 neuroweapon deployment inducing symptoms like auditory hallucinations or paranoia, mimicking schizophrenia/psychosis, driving searches for terms like “hearing voices” without significant Havana syndrome/weapon term searches (3/97 terms) (Persinger, 1995; American Psychiatric Association, 2013). The 2016 breakpoint aligns with early Havana syndrome reports, suggesting a temporal link (Relp et al., 2018).
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 Figure 9: Comparison of year-over-year growth rates: combined r/medicalquestions +
 r/trueoffmychest vs Reddit MAUs.
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 We used yearly Google Trends search interest (scaled 0–100) for the following terms: Trump, Biden, Clinton, Harris, Hunter Biden, World War III, covering 2010–2024. These were compared against the combined yearly subscriber counts for r/medicalquestions and r/trueoffmychest (2014–2024), which were the subreddits identified as exhibiting a structural acceleration in 2016.
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 Figure 10: Google Trends search interest for political terms (2010–2024).
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 ===== 12.3. Additional Visualizations =====
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 Figure 12: Observed time series for psychological complaints (2010–2025). Visuals highlight the 2016 surge (e.g., +206% YoY for psychological, +100% for neurological) and 2020 peak (+92% psychological, +139% neurological), with post-2020 stabilization.
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 Figure 13: Best-fitting piecewise linear model for psychological complaints with breakpoints at 2016 and 2020.
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 Figure 14: Year-over-year change (%) for psychological complaints.
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 Given Reddit’s global user base (predominantly English-speaking), the original replication on subreddits like r/medicalquestions and r/trueoffmychest applies similarly. European users contribute significantly, and the 2016 acceleration observed in the United States extends to Europe.
-Figure 15: Observed time series for psychological complaints (2010–2025).
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+Figure 15: Observed time series for neurological complaints (2010–2025).
-Figure 16: Best-fitting piecewise linear model for psychological complaints with breakpoints at 2016 and 2020.
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+Figure 16: Best-fitting piecewise linear model for neurological complaints with breakpoints at 2016 and 2020.
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+Figure 17: Year-over-year change (%) for psychological complaints.
 ===== 12.6. Conclusion =====
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 ====== 13 Comparison of Time Series to Year-by-Year List of NATO Cognitive Warfare Publications (2011–
 ) ======
-Figure 17: Year-over-year change (%) for psychological complaints.
 To contextualize the 2016+ timeline—where hypothesized neuroweapon deployment coincides with structural breaks—below is a chronological compilation of key NATO-affiliated publications, reports, and strategic documents on “cognitive warfare” (CW). CW, as framed by NATO, encompasses non-kinetic operations targeting cognition, perception, and decision-making via information-disinformation, neurotechnology, and psychological operations, often overlapping with neuroweapon concepts.
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 ====== 14.1 The Challenge of Epistemological Obfuscation ======
-The most significant constraint on the neuroweapon hypothesis is the lack of traditional
+The most significant constraint on the neuroweapon hypothesis is the lack of traditional epidemiological evidence, a point widely acknowledged in the literature. However, we argue that this deficit in proof is not evidence of absence, but rather a direct function of the technology’s presumed design and its strategic deployment within the context of cognitive warfare.
-epidemiological evidence, a point widely acknowledged in the literature (? ? ). However,
-we argue that this deficit in proof is not evidence of absence, but rather a direct function
-of the technology’s presumed design and its strategic deployment within the context of
-cognitive warfare.
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