I have actually been tortured myself a few years ago and I wanted to share this bit ... which is the ultimate goal of torture ....

Jeanne felt very fragile and vulnerable when she arrived here. "I had to explain these things that had happened in my life two or three times to immigration officers - and questions dealing with intimacy." The mental health service in Salford referred her to the foundation. "I was out of balance and I didn't believe in life any more. I had lost every hope of actually going on living and rebuilding my life. I felt my personality had been wiped."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2006/dec/04/christmasappeal2006.helencarter

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