The October Revolution in Russia officially plunged the world into the totalitarian era. It was preceded by an intense political, social, and ideological struggle, spearheaded by terrorism. A "witness to history", imagined by a Russian novelist, revealed the psychology of the young activists who sacrificed themselves to establish a dream of freedom that ended in nightmare. Is it a coincidence that the novel was subtitled "the book of endings"?

To see a way out of totalitarianism, we need to understand how minds have been imprisoned in paranoiac madness. This implies making the phenomenon of delusional contagion[1] intelligible, and to bring to light the unconscious psychic interactions that combine to promote ideology.

Harassment in the workplace is a delicate subject to deal with. Moreover, company management and, more generally, all the social actors concerned, seem helpless when accusations of harassment emerge. Most often, it is panic, giving rise to inertia or, on the contrary, to escalation.

Paranoia infiltrates religions to create mystical illusions that will serve its own materialistic and imperialistic interests.

In everyday life, psychosocial risks are generally divided into stress, mental load, dysfunctional work organization, etc. The most serious consequences include burnout and attempted suicide. These two "highlights" of psychosocial disorders often, if not most of the time, have their origin in harassment and terror at work. Since then, I have encountered entire decimated collectives on several occasions during audit missions. The cause? Harassment through terror. Strange work