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  1. Depending on what is required. Complete submission like Theon Greyjoy doesn't really work for everyone, but if you need to get some information out, you can get it out of anyone, it's a matter of methods, and what's left of that person in the end.

  2. Yes. Reading to the end of “1984” will fully convince you of my answer. I don't see the point in idealizing the steel-hard human spirit. If you think that you are one of those who will not break under any circumstances, I highly recommend reading the ending of “1984” and reconsider your opinion.

  3. Not any of them. When a person is in difficult circumstances, such as prison, and they are trying to “beat out” his testimony, then he can come to the line beyond which he understands that in general there is nothing to lose. And then he becomes stronger than his executioners. I personally went through it in a special isolation ward, from where I was happily “kicked out” to a regular pre-trial detention center. And there it was already easier.)
    Yes, yoga, meditation, communication, even through a trusted person, with the outside world helps. If I was deprived of it, it would be more difficult.

  4. In 1942, the psychologist Viktor Frankl and his entire family were sent to a Nazi concentration camp.�

    “So, I remember walking out of the camp one morning, unable to stand hunger, cold, and pain in my foot, which was swollen with dropsy, frostbite, and festering. My situation seemed hopeless. Then I imagined myself standing at a lectern in a large, beautiful, warm and bright lecture hall in front of an interested audience, giving a lecture on “Group psychotherapy experiences in a concentration camp” and talking about everything I had been through. Believe me, at that moment I could not have hoped that the day would come when I would actually have the opportunity to give such a lecture.”

    Unbeknownst to the Nazis, he organized a psychological aid group that prevented suicides. Frankl organized an information service, and when someone expressed suicidal thoughts or showed a real intention to commit suicide, they were immediately informed about it.

    “What was I supposed to do? We had to awaken the will to live, to continue existing, to survive our imprisonment. But in each case, the courage to live or the weariness of life depended solely on whether the person had faith in the meaning of life, in his life. The motto of all psychotherapeutic work carried out in the concentration camp can serve as the words of Nietzsche: “Those who know the' why 'of living will overcome almost any 'how'.”

    The most terrible places in the history of mankind could not “break” any person.

  5. Physically probably anyone. They break your arms, legs, and spine, but what's the point? Depends on what they want to achieve? Obedience, but to whom? My grandmother came back from Algeria (concentration camps) without a hand, torn off by the train, but apparently it was broken somewhere both physically and mentally. And meaning.. My sister lived with her for the rest of her life..

  6. It all depends on the circumstances that develop in a person's life.
    Willpower and endurance, perseverance are laid down in childhood.
    Someone is not broken by anything, and suddenly a close friend dies. And this strong man yesterday, today is turning into a puddle, this loss has touched him.
    But for some, everything is fine: a favorite job, a husband, children, a well-to-do life. And suddenly, one day, my husband leaves. Not everyone can handle this.
    Serious illness, dismissal, overweight, bullying. Everyone takes different things.

    I think so. Anyone can be broken. The only question is whether he will recover from the circumstances he has endured, because he will certainly not be the same again…

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