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　　标题：BrainwashinginAbusiveRelationships
　　source：psychcentral丨byAnnSilvers
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　　Beinginanabusiverelationshipoftenfeelsliketorture。Sometimesthat’sbecauseyourpartner’sbehaviorfeelslikethetorturetechniquesusedbymortalenemiesinstead。
　　BrainwashingisdefinedinthePsychologyDictionaryasthatwhichmanipulatesandmodifiesaperson’semotions，attitudes，andbeliefs。Itreducesaperson’sabilitytomentallydefendthemselvesandmakesiteasierforanotherpersontocontrolthem。
　　Brainwashingisoneexampleofhowabuseinrelationshipsparallelstorture。Brainwashingmakesiteasiertocontrolatargetedperson。Anditmakesitharderforthepersontoseetheirwayfreeoftherelationship。
　　Abusivepeopleoftenareabletothrowthetargetsoftheirabuseintoatrancethatmakesitdifficultforthemtothinkclearly。Targetsofabusecanbegintotakeontheopinionsoftheabusivepersonandlosethemselves。
　　Amanorwomanwhoispepperedwiththeirpartner’sopinion，givenlittleornotimetorecover，andkeptbusyrespondingtodemandsmaynothavemuchmentalenergyleftover。Theymaybeinundatedwiththepartner’sversionofeventstothepointwhereitisdifficulttoholdontotheirownperspective。Theanxietythatcanbeproducedbybeingthetargetofabusealsomakesitdifficulttothinkclearly。
　　In1956，AlbertBidermanstudiedhowprisonerofwarcamppersonnelgotU。S。prisonersoftheKoreanWartogivethemtacticalinformation，collaboratewithpropaganda，andagreewithfalseconfessions。Bidermanstatedthatinflictingphysicalpainwasnotnecessarytoinducecompliance，butpsychologicalmanipulationswereextremelyeffectiveforthatpurpose。HisreportincludedwhathascometobeknownasBiderman’sChartofCoercion。
　　Biderman’scharthasbeenusedbymanytodescribetheelementsthatcontributetobrainwashinginvarioussituations，includingpartnerabuse。Thetacticsincludedinhischartcanbelinkedtootherwayspeopleabusetheirpartners。
　　InhisChartofCoercion，Bidermansummarizedthemechanismsforbrainwashing：
　　Isolation
　　Monopolizationofperception（fixesattentiononimmediatepredicament；eliminatesundesirablestimuli）
　　Induceddebilitation；exhaustion
　　Threats
　　Occasionalindulgences（providesmotivationforcompliance；hindersadjustmenttodeprivation）
　　Demonstratingsuperiority
　　Degradation
　　Enforcingtrivialdemands
　　Notalleightelementsneedtobepresentinorderforbrainwashingtooccur。Eachelementcanhavesomepowertodistortreality，interferewithperception，reduceaperson’sselfconfidence，andgarnercompliance。
　　Inaprisonerofwarcamp，theprisonerandjailerareenemies。Servicemenandwomenarecommonlytrainedtodealwithbrainwashingtacticsincasetheyarecapturedbyenemyforces。
　　Inaromanticrelationship，thepartnersaresupposedtobeonthesameside。Itisreasonabletoexpectlove，understanding，andcompassionfromyourpartner，andtowanttoofferthattothemalso。Therelationship，unfortunately，createsavulnerabilitytothecoercivebrainwashingofamaliciousorselfcenteredpartner。Itisunexpected。Itcansneakuponyou。