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Jie-Yu Chuang^1,2

¹Department of Psychiatry, Cardinal Tien Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan.

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Online romance scams exploit exaggerated romantic imagery, leading to severe mental health issues like PTSD and suicidal ideation in victims. Further research into treatments like transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is needed.

Keywords:

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Area of Science:

Psychology
Neuroscience
Digital Health

Background:

Romantic love can develop online without real-world interaction.
The internet and recent global health events have increased distant romantic relationships and romance scams.
Victims often remain emotionally attached to romance scammers, even after deception is revealed.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore the psychological impact of online romance scams.
To investigate the link between exaggerated romantic imagery and victim's emotional attachment.
To propose potential therapeutic interventions for affected individuals.

Main Methods:

Literature review and theoretical postulation.
Analysis of victim's psychological responses and emotional attachment patterns.
Speculation on neurobiological underpinnings of aberrant romantic imagery.

Main Results:

Victims exhibit symptoms akin to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Aberrant romantic imagery is hypothesized to maintain emotional attachment despite scam revelation.
A correlation between dissolved idealized online relationships and impulsive acts, including suicide, is postulated.

Conclusions:

Online romance scams pose significant mental health risks, including PTSD and suicidal ideation.
Aberrant romantic imagery may drive impulsive behaviors in victims after relationship dissolution.
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is proposed as a potential treatment to modulate visual network activity.