Yes, another torture thread
What are the long term and short term (1-3 months) effects of torture on a fit, almost 14 year old boy? Specifically:
-A beating in the abdomen and leg area. Sometimes, lumps can form in the body if hit in the blood vessels, I think. A blood clot? Do they go away in time, or is it possible that it might stay that way unless surgically removed? I think that's what happened to my brother, except he didn't have it removed. Would the organs heal fully? I know hits to the kidneys can cause peeing blood, and a liver blow hurts for a while.
-Whipping. Mostly done on the back, but why? To avoid damage to organs? It would hurt more if done, say on the chest. Is it possible to whip the whole body, like limbs and the frontal area? Why do people die from relatively few lashes frontally? Sheer pain? Or damage? What kind of damage? There are a few things to consider:
1. Blood loss. Not really a problem if done on the back, but doing so horizontally across the wrist can cause a lot of blood loss, like cutting, yes? Not too much loss from doing so vertically, right? What about other areas of the body?
2. Muscle damage. Hard whippings would cause muscle damage, but the muscle repairs itself. Would the muscle fully heal? How long would it take for full recovery? How long for painful-but-doable movements like walking, getting up from sitting, etc.? Blood clots? Nerve damage? Impaired range of motion? For how long? Also, I know someone who was beaten often as a young woman, she's old now. When the weather gets cold, she has aches, the muscle tissue wasn't normal. Would that happen to a teen? Or since he is young, the MC would get better? Because my thinking is that the whipping isn't over prolonged periods of time, just a one time thing, but intense.
3. Skin damage. If vinegar is poured on the wounds, would it affect recovery? More visible scarring, more prominent? Take longer to heal? Stitches needed? What about pores in the skin, they get destroyed and don't come back, right? In that case, would a person just sweat more from the remaining pores? Or would they overheat? Or both? Maybe the person wouldn't overheat, but just get hotter compared to before under the same situations? Also, what if the person doesn't have strong skin? In boxing, some people cut easily, all the time. On the other hand, Muhammad Ali (my av!) only got cut once or twice and didn't bleed. Maybe the whipping might not be as hard, but the skin would break regardless, but with less muscle damage. Also, what if the person whipping is a grown man, an athlete? Would it make sense to refrain from using full power? Or when someone whips someone, they go all out to try to get an answer? Because the torturer's motivation is to limit permanent damage, physically and psychologically, but if it happens, no big deal.
-Waterboarding. No permanent damage, but psychologically, can it make people claustrophobic? Hydrophobic? Scared to sleep with a pillow in their face?
-Psychological stuff- If someone was drinking coffee and the MC was smelled it and stuff, and the memory associated itself with the torture experience, would he get turned off by it? What about the vinegar, would he avoid that as well in the future? Also, what if he had to meet that same torturer in everyday settings, but no one else knew that the man was the torturer? Would he just avoid him?
What are the long term and short term (1-3 months) effects of torture on a fit, almost 14 year old boy? Specifically:
-A beating in the abdomen and leg area. Sometimes, lumps can form in the body if hit in the blood vessels, I think. A blood clot? Do they go away in time, or is it possible that it might stay that way unless surgically removed? I think that's what happened to my brother, except he didn't have it removed. Would the organs heal fully? I know hits to the kidneys can cause peeing blood, and a liver blow hurts for a while.
-Whipping. Mostly done on the back, but why? To avoid damage to organs? It would hurt more if done, say on the chest. Is it possible to whip the whole body, like limbs and the frontal area? Why do people die from relatively few lashes frontally? Sheer pain? Or damage? What kind of damage? There are a few things to consider:
1. Blood loss. Not really a problem if done on the back, but doing so horizontally across the wrist can cause a lot of blood loss, like cutting, yes? Not too much loss from doing so vertically, right? What about other areas of the body?
2. Muscle damage. Hard whippings would cause muscle damage, but the muscle repairs itself. Would the muscle fully heal? How long would it take for full recovery? How long for painful-but-doable movements like walking, getting up from sitting, etc.? Blood clots? Nerve damage? Impaired range of motion? For how long? Also, I know someone who was beaten often as a young woman, she's old now. When the weather gets cold, she has aches, the muscle tissue wasn't normal. Would that happen to a teen? Or since he is young, the MC would get better? Because my thinking is that the whipping isn't over prolonged periods of time, just a one time thing, but intense.
3. Skin damage. If vinegar is poured on the wounds, would it affect recovery? More visible scarring, more prominent? Take longer to heal? Stitches needed? What about pores in the skin, they get destroyed and don't come back, right? In that case, would a person just sweat more from the remaining pores? Or would they overheat? Or both? Maybe the person wouldn't overheat, but just get hotter compared to before under the same situations? Also, what if the person doesn't have strong skin? In boxing, some people cut easily, all the time. On the other hand, Muhammad Ali (my av!) only got cut once or twice and didn't bleed. Maybe the whipping might not be as hard, but the skin would break regardless, but with less muscle damage. Also, what if the person whipping is a grown man, an athlete? Would it make sense to refrain from using full power? Or when someone whips someone, they go all out to try to get an answer? Because the torturer's motivation is to limit permanent damage, physically and psychologically, but if it happens, no big deal.
-Waterboarding. No permanent damage, but psychologically, can it make people claustrophobic? Hydrophobic? Scared to sleep with a pillow in their face?
-Psychological stuff- If someone was drinking coffee and the MC was smelled it and stuff, and the memory associated itself with the torture experience, would he get turned off by it? What about the vinegar, would he avoid that as well in the future? Also, what if he had to meet that same torturer in everyday settings, but no one else knew that the man was the torturer? Would he just avoid him?