Depending on what information I had I think I could hold out forever. If the information was not of some critical importance I would sing like a bird or make up a believable fake.
The tricky part is knowing who your captors are, if it’s the US, I’m aware they won’t kill me so it would be easier to hold out. If it were an extremist group I would consider myself dead already so why bother giving in, the pain from torture will be the last thing I ever feel, might as well feel it as long as I can (tasting vinegar is better than tasting nothing). A swift death is BS, I don’t mind the idea of a long and painful death because I know as soon as my life is gone I will be in haven, guilt free because I didn’t risk the lives of others by exposing critical information. I don’t fear death or pain, but I would have a difficult time if a loved one was at risk thou, but again if I know my captors I would know if the threat is hollow or valid, the US is not going to behead my child but I don’t know about some extremist. (Not a bad idea for the US captors to impersonate someone known to be more lethal)
That said I would probably break in an hour.who knows until you’ve been there. Perhaps the best defense against torture is being ignorant.
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