How does it feel to be tortured?

Answer 1

Just as there are a number of reasons for torture, and a number of methods, there are many different responses to torture, depending on the individual, his training and his motivations. Blocking pain from physical torture is usually harder than blocking psychological torture. The possible exception is sleep deprivation, which can sometimes break through the most determined mental defenses, overcoming one's intellectual resistance.

Torture is often designed to compel a person to provide information, rather than simply make them suffer. Complicating this for the torturers is that they are often not *certain* that the person being tortured actually has the information sought. This enables many victims of torture to avoid divulging what they know.

Reactions to torture range from grief, despair and helplessness to stoic acceptance and resolve. Prolonged torture can result in permanent physical injuries and/or mental trauma.

Answer 2

Everyone knows the temporary pain of accidentally falling, whacking your hand with a hammer, or even standing, sitting, or laying too long in one position so part of your body 'goes to sleep' and causes pain. Depending on what kind of event, you might feel embarrassed (tripping over your feet in front of your friends), indignant (if someone pushed you and caused you to fall), or irritated with yourself if you erred and caused your own pain (accidentally slamming a door on your own hand).

Torture uses intimidation, threats, psychological abuse, psychological bad games, and actual physical infliction of pain. Torture comes in all forms, and in unpredictable forms. In fact, being threatened with violence is torture in itself, especially when the person is never sure if a threat will result in physical pain.

If I walk by you and say, "I'm going to push you down and rub your face in the dirt", you might feel surprised and fearful, but if I don't do it, you might laugh it off. If I start telling you that every day, you might become worried for your safety. If I catch you off guard one day and actually throw you down and hold your face in the dirt, it ups the ante-- or even if you see me do it to someone else. Now you might try to avoid me or think about how you can protect yourself.

Many torture situations also involve some sort of imprisonment-- being tied up; being restrained; being locked in a room; etc. If your hands are tied and I tell you I'm going to knock you down, I've increased the psychological portion, because not only do you not know when, you also cannot fight back. I might even tell you that if you fight back, I'll hurt you even worse (whenever I finally do hurt you). So I've taken away your feeling of power with restraining you, then taken your power with telling you that to fight back will only bring more pain. IF I inflict any pain on you, even if you try to think of a way to regain your power, I have shown you that you could be hurt.

A torturer can continue to "up the ante". Every threat or act against you takes more of your power. This is what happens with torture used against political or war enemies in many countries. The same principles of threat and action are used in bullying.

A tortured person can have a range of feelings including:

1. anger to rage
2. indignation
3. fear
4. uncertainty
5. powerlessness
6. resistance
7. relief when the threatened actions never take place
8. reliance on faith or higher power / God
9. feeling your humanity and trying to see your tormentor as a human being
10. feeling anger and seeing your tormentor as a non-human beast or "evil"
11. feeling "crazy" from being in a crazy-making situation
12. clarity and self-preservation
13. decisions to comply to save one's self from harm
14. calmness
15. fighting back
16. fighting back against all odds of being hurt
17. resignation ("I don't care if I die while trying to fight back.")
18. hopelessness
19. depression
20. personal reserves and determination to survive despite anything done to you
21. Any of the above at any point

These are just SOME of the reasons that society fights against Child Abuse at Home, Bullying at School, Church abuse in the "name of (any) religion, Spousal Abuse / Domestic Violence, Hostage situations, and deliberately planned torture used as part of military conflicts. Each of these situations use some forms of emotional, psychological, and physical "torture" and "torment".

Answer 3

uncomfortable.

Answer 4

Deadly,evil,harsh,and crazy