Details Related to Cyberpsychosis

First, let me explain how the author of the cyberpunk text defines cyberpsychosis.

It is time to partially clarify what cyberpsychosis entails. Fundamentally, cyberpsychosis is a disorder that partly depends on the patient's inherent susceptibility. Just as not everyone who drinks at a party ends up an alcoholic, not everyone will automatically develop cyberpsychosis. One must have a congenital vulnerability, which, in the context of a tabletop role-playing game, is represented by the player's "Humanity stat." This "Humanity stat" is not merely a measure of personality; it is a composite assessment of multiple factors, including the subject's capacity for empathy and social interaction, their resilience to mental and physical stress, their ability to exhibit compassion and flexibility toward others, and their capacity to balance their worldview through various means.

Information on cyberpsychosis from the game: *The Road to Violent Terror Unit* by Maceus Maddox.

At a book signing in Heywood, someone asked me a question I had never heard before: Is there anything that keeps you awake at night? I thought for a moment and realized there really was.

Yet, what startled me most were not the nightmares of cyberpsychosis victims being gutted open, nor the cries of my comrades burning alive.

Though it sounds harsh, I have grown accustomed to such horrors. It is part of my job.

But whenever I imagine that one day I might succumb to cyberpsychosis myself, I toss and turn through the night, my heart pounding with dread.

My body is fitted with an astonishing number of cybernetic implants—beyond imagination. I have tried to choke down the fears and suspicions rooted in my humanity. I understand how fragile my humanity is; it is the core part of me that defines who I am. A part of my neurons has been severed, a part of my hormones is in excess. Such a self might vanish forever, leaving behind a mechanical shell driven by a singular desire: to kill.

I force my mind to keep racing, so I do not dwell on these thoughts.

Definition of Cyberpsychosis according to Trauma Team records:

Cyberpsychosis is a collective term for all anxiety-related mental and personality disorders triggered by hardware implanted inside the body and various behavioral modules, including software.

We all know one or two acquaintances whose neighbors have excessively augmented bodies and one day went out with a gun and opened fire on a crowd. Or a neighbor who, to save money, refuses to see a reliable cybernetic doctor, suffering from daily nightmares, developing auditory hallucinations after taking hormone blockers, and eventually losing their mind. Some say cyberpsychosis is a disease caused by social inequality. Others argue it is the price one pays for a pathological obsession with technology.

“It is a disease born from the inequality between the upper and lower levels of Night City.”