The Baader-Meinhof phenomenon, or frequency illusion, happens when something you recently noticed suddenly seems to appear everywhere. A surveillance entity could exploit this by subtly inserting repeated cues—words, symbols, faces, references—into your environment across multiple channels: online ads, public encounters, media, or overheard conversations. By creating the illusion that these things are following you or appearing more often than coincidence allows, they can induce hypervigilance, paranoia, and self-doubt. It’s a form of psychological abuse that turns your own pattern recognition against you, making you question what’s real and what’s manipulated.
For instance, shortly before writing this on 4/24/25, I had sent a recipe via text to a contact that involved ramen noodles at around 4:30 pm. Within two hours, a neighbor had been instructed to walk by my living space and loudly mention ramen noodles.
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