These questions will be better suited for /r/Advice or /r/relationship_advice. I dunno if it works for torture, as that is systematic and lasts a long time. If you see such posts or comments that violates the rules, please report them. [–]vitaminq 15 points16 points17 points 4 years ago (3 children). It should be noted that torture is relatively rare in the modern world. Partly theoretical training to know how and why interrogators do stuff to extract information and practical training where they are captured on a training mission, severely beaten and abused and interrogated. Resistance to Interrogation. Withstanding torture is all mental. The Defence Survive, Evade, Resist, Extract (SERE) Training Organisation, otherwise known as DSTO, is a military training organisation based at RAF St. Mawgan, Cornwall In the United Kingdom. You have to be able to withstand anything that is said without giving any signal (a very good poker face). r/answers is not the place to rant about a topic you've already made your mind up on, or to ask questions that, in themselves, could influence the community to agree with your answer. Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) or Code of Conduct­ related Techniques for Interrogation Purposes," June 17, 2009. Lol the truth downvoted, hey let me go on Reddit and divulge the weakest link in an armed conflict. If you believe one of your posts has been removed in error, please do not hesitate to message the mods. The problem with such training in the past is that the world has got a lot more ugly since the Cold War; and the assumption of some level of fair play is no longer extant. By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. Especially things someone else might Google for some day. I've heard of various government agents being trained to withstand torture so they don't give away classified information. Plus you'd have no idea what they already know. Letting the hero give into torture and then having to deal with the consequences is both more believable and more interesting then yet another guy spitting blood into the interrogators face. When I was in the Army, someone told me agents are hypnotized by a team of psychiatrists, who imprint a psyche in to your mind that manifests itself when a specific mode of stimulation is applied. They want you to respond to positive and negative reinforcement. Questions must have fact based answers. It's extremely intense (most of the "enhanced interrogation" techniques were adapted from SERE school) but obviously they can't break kneecaps for training. This week’s International Association of Interviewers interview and interrogation training series, provided by Wicklander-Zulawski, has Chris Norris, CFI, director of WZ Europe and international training, talking about the development of an admission—and especially the use of assumptive questions along with rationalizations in this context. • All accredited 000 SERE training included the provision in their [–]DrColdReality 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (0 children). Hostility, passive aggressiveness and using racial slurs are included. Knowing what a torture is like is the only real defense you have. You revert back to the original when the stimulation ends. .LalRrQILNjt65y-p-QlWH{fill:var(--newRedditTheme-actionIcon);height:18px;width:18px}.LalRrQILNjt65y-p-QlWH rect{stroke:var(--newRedditTheme-metaText)}._3J2-xIxxxP9ISzeLWCOUVc{height:18px}.FyLpt0kIWG1bTDWZ8HIL1{margin-top:4px}._2ntJEAiwKXBGvxrJiqxx_2,._1SqBC7PQ5dMOdF0MhPIkA8{height:24px;vertical-align:middle;width:24px}._1SqBC7PQ5dMOdF0MhPIkA8{-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;display:-ms-inline-flexbox;display:inline-flex;-ms-flex-direction:row;flex-direction:row;-ms-flex-pack:center;justify-content:center} When somebody is torturing you, they are training you like they might a dog or some sort of animal. Making up information seems like a bad idea. Could you give an example? The only place in the military that soldiers are potentially exposed to torture is in SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape ) school, where they might undergo very unpleasant experiences just short of actual torture, while being taught that torture is not about getting correct information, but about getting confessions, where the torturer isn't that concerned with whether they are true or not. Visit r/AskPolitics or r/PoliticalDiscussion to have these types of conversations. I will evade answering further questions to the utmost of my ability, I will make no oral or written statements disloyal to my country and its allies or harmful to their cause. Like any con, knowing the con can help you avoid the con even when stressed. .FIYolDqalszTnjjNfThfT{max-width:256px;white-space:normal;text-align:center} Remove your psyche from that physical location to another one. You don't withstand torture. (self.answers). These questions will be better for /r/DAE or /r/AskReddit. 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