Internet Psychosis

A severe dissociative condition fueled by the total absorption into the online realm, leading to the atrophy of offline social cues, the blurring of digital and physical personas, and the adoption of hypertrophic online conspiracy theories or subcultural beliefs as literal truth. It is marked by the conviction that the "real" world is the digital one—that forums, game worlds, or social media platforms are the primary plane of existence, and physical reality is either irrelevant or a deceptive interface. This can manifest as neglecting basic biological needs, believing one has a "true" self only online, or acting out online conflicts with physical violence.

Example: A person lives 18 hours a day in a niche online forum, adopting its obscure slang and extremist worldview. They start believing their physical body is a "meat prison," that their forum friends are their only real family, and that offline society is a conspiracy run by their online enemies. They may stop eating regularly, lose their job, and eventually attempt violence against someone they've only known as an avatar, believing it's a justified act in a war that only exists on their Discord server. Their psychosis is the internet swallowing the self whole. Internet Psychosis.

Internet Psychosis by Dumu The Void January 27, 2026

Internet Search Psychosis 

ISS - Internet Search Psychosis

Fundamental derangement of the mind characterized by defective or lost contact with reality especially as evidenced by delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized speech and behavior onset by Internet searching. Subject will conclude search results and the people, places and things within the results are linked. While in reality these findings are largely due to coincidences, not to be confused with coincidencialism

“It says Nancy Smith is 35 years old from California, it must be my long lost aunt Nancy Smith.”

He must have Internet Search Psychosis, he thinks every time someone says his name on Twitter that they're speaking to him directly.

Internet Search Psychosis by Q. Seyes September 16, 2011