21st Century Digital PTSD

The result of harmful gifs, video or injected content into emails, AR or VR that triggered a traumatic response for the recipient. Current day example of a strobing gif sent to Kurt Eichenwald who has epilepsy, immediately inducing a seizure which could cause a panic reaction, akin to PTSD, upon opening emails in the future.

In increasing numbers, with the revelation of viral content bombs being injected into the VR Web, patients are exhibiting trauma responses that are now being diagnosed as "21st Century Digital PTSD". This form of PTSD, unique to this century and the digital world, can cause sufferers to eschew all forms of digital communication due to the trauma inflicted through the various platforms.

21st Century Digital PTSD by Kovarchi October 25, 2018