Cyberpunk Edgerunners: Is Cyberpsychosis Avoidable or Inevitable?
The concept of cyberpsychosis plays a crucial role in Cyberpunk: Edgerunners because those who get too invested in cybernetic enhancements usually don't live long to tell the tale, as all that extra chrome genuinely messes with their mental health. The first noticeable symptoms include uncontrollable shaking accompanied by a bloody nose or three, before their brain suddenly switches tracks and they inevitably go on a chromed-up killing spree. Already in possession of lethal weaponry, the cyberpsycho is incapable of discerning reality from hallucinations, causing the inflected to go on a blood-soaked frenzy and mow down everyone in their path.
"You either lose yourself forever, or die. No in-betweens."
Considering that the cyberpsycho has lost all sense of rationality means that convincing them to cease the carnage is unlikely to be effective, and the symptoms are apparently irreversible, meaning there is no known cure. As in Maine's case (and several others), a cyberpsycho will collect corpses with no recognition of their actions, show little remorse, and with no end in sight, there is just one option left for authorities. Unfortunately, the only way to get the situation under control is if the cyberpsycho stops breathing, permanently. The well-equipped NCPD and Trauma Team are always on standby with brutal firepower to ensure a fatal outcome for the rampaging cyborgs.
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