[MissMisa]

Even though it often isn't used as a form of physical torture, as in it is supposed to distress the person rather than mostly cause any lasting damage, I still think psychological torture is as valid as any other.

Though I think society views mental pain in a lot less regard than physical, for example if someone's mother had cancer and another mother had a severe mental illness, in most cases people would feel more sympathetic towards the one with cancer, even though they are both illnesses that can't be helped.

I don't really share that view because I believe that mental pain/illnesses can and sometimes is the equivalent to physical pain, so therefore torturing people in this way is also inflicting pain on them in other ways.