Why the Narcissist Uses Sleep Deprivation to Abuse You

Governments and law enforcement have routinely employed sleep deprivation on suspected criminals to elicit a confession. The CIA prefers to call this tool “enhanced interrogation” but I believe the decerning person understands that this is a cover word for torture.

According to Humans Rights First, a nonpartisan, international human rights organization based in New York and Washington, DC:

The CIA authorized sleep deprivation “for up to 180 hours.” In January 2003, the Office of the Director of Central Intelligence produced interrogation guidelines, which classified sleep deprivation for more than 72 hours as an “enhanced” interrogation technique while sleep deprivation for less than 72 hours was considered a “standard” technique. On January 10, 2004, following a November 2003 email entitled “Al-Hawsawi Incident” from CIA General Counsel Scott Muller suggesting reducing the threshold to 48 hours, “CIA headquarters informed CIA detention sites…that sleep deprivation over 48 hours would now be considered an ‘enhanced’ interrogation technique.”

Not only does the CIA use sleep torture, law enforcement agencies across the country use this tactic as well but only on suspects and witnesses.

The International Association of Chiefs of Police recommends that “police officers get at…