8. Psychopathic Punishments: Torture and Captivity in the Casco Bay and Beyond

Psychopathic Punishments: Torture and Captivity in the Casco Bay and Beyond

“I have been violent and abusive to you; I know it. I've traumatized and hurt you deeply with my rages for years… I realize more each day how my violent rages abused and traumatized you… For years and years, I had no idea they were having such a crippling effect on you …but you are mentally ill. You are addicted to anxiety. I can no longer take your illness.” (Dr. Mario email)

Note in the above quote from an email, how Dr. Mario, a physician (a psychiatrist), seeing me unable to walk after years of withstanding his captivity and violent rages, has not realized what a crippling effect he was having on me; on my body. This, yet another gratuitous, self-justifying note the we, who have been captive to the monster, receive between punishments.

In this episode we continue our discussion of psychopaths, punishments, disobedience and the perils of restraining orders. This is central to the character-disordered person; central to the monster’s behavior; central to the experience of the monster’s prime target along with triangulation(gaslighting). Disobedience by the monster’s prey (ignoring implicit orders), is always met with a punishment, a repercussion. The monster demands absolute loyalty from his prime target. I offer the repercussion I faced after returning from my recording session with David; how Dr. Mario perceived this abandonment as disloyalty, hence the harsh ensuing chastisement.

We speak of the stupid questions posed to we, who have been the prey of the monster (e.g.: Why didn’t you just leave?) We speak of the prison of gaslighting; that is, the prison of being severed from normal human compassion when we are despairing from wounds inflicted upon us by the monster. The monster’s (psychopath’s) capacity to cause people to feel fear rather than compassion for his prime target; this legerdemain.

The interludes this week are (my) keening, an important grieving song found in most non-Westernized cultures (see link on my website, www.monsterstoriespodcast.com)

We discuss what occurs when the rare, well-informed police get involved with situations of psychopathic abuse. How restraining orders only pose a challenge to the monster (the borderline personality-disordered individual). Intrinsic to his pathology is the compulsion to transgress; to break through boundaries in order to assert power.

We talk about how typical it is for monsters to have their spouses committed; to have them on strong neuroleptic medications; wrongly prescribed medications for the torment these victims have been through with the monster. Who, of course is the real culprit; the actual sick one? read more on www.monsterstoriespodcast.com

This podcast has been a production of Honestly Speaking LLC. Suzann Kole, Ph.D. has worked in academe and the mental health field for over 40 years. She holds a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and Narrative Studies,