Mock execution

<p>A mock execution is a <a href="/facts/Ruse_de_guerre/3k7gyEpo">stratagem</a> in which a victim is deliberately but falsely made to feel that their execution or that of another person is imminent or is taking place. This might involve <a href="/facts/Blindfold/qhD6WbXa">blindfolding</a> the subjects, telling them they are about to die, making them recount last wishes, making them dig their own <a href="/facts/Grave_(burial)/BF6tQveT">grave</a>, holding an unloaded gun to their head and pulling the trigger, shooting near (but not at) the victim, or firing <a href="/facts/Blank_(cartridge)/12fYHYeY">blanks</a>. Mock execution is categorized as <a href="/facts/Psychological_torture/lB3S938c">psychological torture</a>. There is a sense of fear induced when a person is made to feel that they are about to be executed or witness someone being executed. The <a href="/facts/Psychological_trauma/7UMnzzBy">psychological trauma</a> can lead to <a href="/facts/Depression_(mood)/GDNFWm1L">depression</a>, <a href="/facts/Anxiety_disorder/wh9zFH1V">anxiety disorders</a>, <a href="/facts/Post-traumatic_stress_disorder/9etKu7bX">post-traumatic stress disorder</a>, and other mental disorders.
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Mock execution