Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many wrote:
guilty jaywalker: "how do i know how to hold having jaywalked, does it mean i am evil?" jaywalking kid: "no, you're not evil for jaywalking. you're badass!" jaywalker: "but what i have to talk to a judge because of it!" jaywalking kid: "ummm" jaywalker: "I know it means I'm evil. I have to go and whip myself like torture victim double agent does." jaywalking kid: "no. does it mean that? should i be whipping myself?" policeman: "no. we need you to either not jaywalk, or be willing to accept a small fine if you are caught doing so on one of my bad days." recover group
experimentee: "traffick boss would have the torturers tell us that there was good or evil."
experimentee: "in order to try to control us, he would say that some people were good, and some people were evil, and the only way to be good was to do what he said."
experimentee: "he was lying." experimentee looks at each person. "you are not evil. you have never been evil. you are inherently good people and you need to remember this always."
jaywalker: "i was told i was jaywalking when i was telling the cars who was boss" experimentee: "good for you not letting those cars push you around!" jaywalker: "and i had flashbacks to torture and being so ashamed, and they wouldn't go away." experimentee looks empathically and caringly at jaywalker, as if jaywalker's flashbacks were breaking experimentee's heart jaywalker: "and i realized i wasn't really sure what guilt was. i just knew about being tortured and ashamed." jaywalker: "but the police and the judge said they didn't want to torture me."