Dr. Lisa Warren, clinical and forensic psychologist at Code Black Threat Management, says sending death threats in a cloak-and-dagger way increases their impact.
“When someone says, ‘I’m going to kill you,’ what they do is create a sense of uncertainty: What’s going to happen next? Is this going to happen? When’s it going to happen? And that uncertainty can be really traumatic,” she told ESPN. “What we know about online stalking, as an example: The trauma that is created in the person who is being targeted is about as impactful as people who have been serving in war.”
