Psychological torture inflicts severe mental suffering through threats, isolation, humiliation, or manipulation—no physical violence required. Used in interrogations, abusive relationships, or coercive control, it breaks a person's will. Perpetrators—interrogators, abusers, cult leaders—gain compliance, information, or dominance. Victims endure lasting trauma, anxiety, and identity loss.
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