Acquired weakness and despair: This condition takes place when things turn to be out of man’s control over events and incidents related to him\her. A psychological theory explains the reasons behind chronicle depression that happens when the theory of reward and punishment is unclear. During torture, the victim learns that it will go on even after admitting required information. Pain simply does not stop… That is why there is no sense of any response so long as it will not make any difference in one’s reality…
Destroying Logical Experience “meaning”: In regular circumstances, the brain organizes life experiences and situations, divides and classifies them logically and connects them with the past in a way that the brain can comprehend in certain context. It is a matchless unpredictable moment that brings time to a stand still with no sense of continuity. Then the meaning of existence ceases. The victim becomes deeply isolated beyond place, time and events…
Reality and Imagination: When reality becomes stranger and more painful than imagination and expectation, the feeling of agony and non-logic becomes overwhelming. Consequently, things lose their meaning and value as some torture methods are designed to break the victim’s feeling of truth and everyday realities (like hanging the victim in a ceiling fan and turn it on) which makes him\her have a mix up in directions and place..
Division: Human body has a double nature as something that is objective and separate. In ordinary circumstances, we deal with our bodies and souls as one unit and our self- perception is more inclined to unite in (I). For instance, when the body feels comfortable, the soul feels the same and a pre-experience of comfort is formed. In torture situations, and due to subsequent grave suffering, the body becomes separate from the soul, perception and awareness fail to act as one. That is why a sever division takes place between the person and his\her self-perception.
Clinical Symptoms:
Previously mentioned dynamics are demonstrated in torture situations as physical and psychological symptoms felt by the victim for long time and may be for life. These symptoms are divided into three sections:
Physical: They are the most common among torture victims, including loss of appetite, chronic headache, bone and muscle pains, stomach and digestive organ disorder, heart diseases, and hypertension and gland disorder.
Behavioural: including some changes in character features, such as drug addiction, alienation, a feeling of disability, lack of self-confidence, obsession, dependence and sometimes aggressiveness in cases of calm peaceful personalities that suffer from sever torture.
Emotional and Mental: most common: chronic depression as demonstrated in the inability to enjoy life and compelling desire to die or commit suicide, suicidal ideas, a feeling of guilt, disability, sleeping and memory troubles…
All these troubles and results imposed on torture victims create a society that is internally incoherent and defeated (psychologically) and externally (physically).Then individuals turn into time bombs that could explode at any time if possible. They may wait patiently, but only to explode more powerfully. Human rights associations proved that the number of torture victims exceeds thousands. Only few of those who enter police stations are not abused or tortured by police officers or subordinates – detectives and so on. Only recently, police officers are brought into trial but rarely convicted. They are often treated leniently and that is why they get away from punishment that in turn facilitates more torture … particularly when it results in death.