Torture, where in the mind of man

A sociopath I guess. Somebody who has no empathy for human suffering and even enjoys it. Probably somebody who was treated badly growing up and has no concept of what normal is.

For the part in the brain, I think it has to come near the brain stem of the "reptilian" brain, which is pleasure-oriented, extroverted, self-centered, primitive and focused on survival. There is a certain joy that is derived from inflicting pain on others in which only the torturer can ease or cause, which gives him/her the sense of being god. "I can ease the pain if you beg me hard enough" or "If you don't do what I say I'll hurt you again". People such as these have underdeveloped consciences, lack a sense of control in their lives, uses displacement as a means of protecting themselves and is a person of very low self-esteem. They've got to hate themselves pretty bad if they're willing to inflict pain on other people. God help their souls.

Hi Ivaldean! the truly sad part is that any human being can become that torturer- it just takes a certain set of conditions. just for example imagine a family member being killed by someone. now all you have to do is imagine the rage you'd feel ... then give it license to carry out your revenge. I dont think sick people are born, they grow into it, they learn how to be sick! all it takes is not enough love, too much hate, and a blank unquestioning mind. I'm not typing this to excuse others behaviour, IMHO it's just the way it is To put it in perspective.. If I had got hold of my abuser.. I dont wanna think what I would have done to him and I dont really want to think how much I would have enjoyed hurting and destroying him.

I don't think it is sick to imagine these things for fun or something. It is the one who would implement the torture that is the sicko. I mean just reading this has made me imagine, hmmm what would be a sick torture method? You could sew a person's bottom closed and keep feeding him (lol). I would never go out and split a guy's knees open for kicks or anything but it would definitely take a sick mind to go out and do that.

I wonder the same thing sometimes..especially those who prey on children and the elderly. Precious air, food, and money is wasted on these sick individuals who are obviously so far gone that they have no respect for any life. I also wonder sometimes about the people who create some of the disturbing movies we find out there...you know the whole slasher series...they come up with the most gore fest ideas that they have to keep outdoing one another and now these thoughts are in others minds after seeing them. I wonder if they do psychological tests on some of the screen writers. Saw, comes to mind.

In most cases I don't think it went quite like that. Torture chambers were for the traitors and betrayers, though they had a rather loose definition back then. It was accepted as part of the culture, a king that showed leniency was deemed weak, and an easy target for his enemies. Nowadays though, we as a civilized people ignore our most primal instincts. Its not much different from what happens in nature, we just had to be more creative. Only the folks without self-control have issues in that regard.

You post set me thinking in the middle ages and the amount of torture people performed on each other. I read about the Church Inquisition in Spain. It was simply horrible. I remain persplexed when I see an CSI or a Criminal Minds telefilm and see the oddities and the tortures some sick people apply on other people. Ok it is true that these sereies are fiction. But sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. (c) ronaldinu 2009 - the more people I meet-the more I love my dog

I really don't know what kind of person would do such a thing. But he would have to be sick in the head to do such a thing. Only someone who is influenced by great evil could sit down and just think of ways to torture people. And they probably thought really hard and very long in order to get these kinds of results to now physically and mentally torture you.

torture was invented to get the truth out of people, the idea was that if you tell me what I want to know, I wont hurt you. Unfortunately the torturer never kept their word, those guys eh? it was meant to inflict the maximun amount of pain whilst keeping the victim still alive so that he/she could talk. Some people are truly sick in the head and they torture the innocent, but there are people that might deserve to be tortured.

i think the creaters of the Saw series have sick minds. how could you even come up with some of those things! iv never really thought about torture and cruelty very much, but then a friend of mine on facebook posted a link to a video, he even warned me -do NOT watch if you have a weak stomach!- which i never have, i used to love scary slashers, i watched them thru out my childhood and ususally laughed at how dumb the characters were. well after seeing that movie i get shaken up over the littlest things. im not even going to tell you the link of where to find the video because i wouldnt want anyone seeing it! a couple of kids video taped themselves torturing the H3LL out of some random guy in a business suit, your not told who the man is so idk if this guy screwed the kids over or if they just picked a random man off the street or what...but it was sick and i would never wish this torture upon ANYONE, not my worst enemy! the kids litterally tore this mans FACE off. where his face shoulf have been was just a big bloody mess. and the guy was still alive throughout his ten minute video! this poor man was breathing and moaning, but he had no strength to fight. they stabbed all over his stomach with a screwdriver (deeply stabbed) and then gouged out the place where his eyes should have been with the screwdriver! in the end they were tearing his face apart with some sharp object. it was sick. you cant even imagine cruelty until youv seen this video. i couldnt sleep for a week from watching this movie and just thinking about it right now (its been MONTHS since iv seen it) i am crying and shaking. i dont know if i'll be able to sleep tonight after thinking about it again.

i think this discussion is like influenced from the SAW. well someone tortures you then he must been going through that in his mind. so let him be first to open up the things . as soon as he get cleared about his mental condition and then he will realise the necessity of staying with people without doing any harm to them. since he must got torture thats why may be hes doing that to others...:) really a stupid view point though.

wel One explanation is that a person who is ok with this kind of thing are those who have seen it through out their lives and have lost the feeling of guilt such as in the middle east or also in abusive homes. I think of your analogy and think that in the dark ages that used to be so common that someone might think is no big deal.

I don't like the idea of having emotional torture. It contributes to stress, I can't endure if I am so loaded. Some people are not that considerate, they tend to add more stressors.