Can you share a particularly harrowing asylum seeker horror story?

Yes, there was a story of a patient who was wrongly diagnosed. She was a perfectly sane woman but was committed to the asylum because she didn't conform to the social norms of the time. Once in the asylum, she was subjected to electroshock therapy which was extremely painful and had a devastating impact on her mental state. It was a harrowing example of how the asylum system could be misused.

A small business owner had to close down his shop because of the pandemic. He had invested all his savings into it. With no income and a lot of debt, he faced foreclosure on his house. He and his family were on the verge of homelessness. It was a real horror story as they lost everything they had worked so hard for.

There was a story of a group of soldiers who were trapped in a building surrounded by the enemy. They ran out of ammunition and were facing certain death. Some chose to fight with bayonets and whatever makeshift weapons they could find, while others, in a desperate act, decided to set off grenades rather than be captured. It was a tragic end for those brave men.

There was the story of a young enslaved girl. She was made to work in the fields from dawn till dusk. One day, she was too exhausted to keep up with the work pace. The overseer, in a fit of rage, tied her to a post and left her in the blistering sun for hours without water. By the time she was untied, she was barely alive and had permanent damage to her health.

The Battle of the Somme was extremely harrowing. On the first day alone, thousands of soldiers were killed. They were sent 'over the top' of the trenches into a hail of enemy machine - gun fire. It was like a slaughter. The fields were filled with the bodies of young men, and the screams of the wounded filled the air.

A POW was captured and put in a cage that was barely big enough for him to sit in. He was given very little water and food. The heat was unbearable, and there were insects constantly crawling on him. He was left in that condition for days, slowly losing his strength and hope.

In Dachau, there were prisoners who were used for target practice by the guards. The guards would randomly pick inmates and force them to run in an open area while they shot at them for fun. This blatant disregard for human life was a common horror in the concentration camps.

One horror story could be the long and uncertain wait in detention centers. Asylum seekers are often held in overcrowded and unhygienic conditions for months or even years. They face lack of proper medical care, and are constantly in a state of anxiety about their future.

There was an asylum seeker who was a political activist in his home country facing persecution. When he sought asylum in another nation, he was given protection. He managed to complete his education there and is now a well - known advocate for human rights, not just in his new country but also on an international level. He used the freedom he got in his new place to make a positive impact.

A very disturbing story is about a group of patients who were used for some sort of psychological study. They were put in a room filled with disturbing images and loud, jarring noises for days on end. Some of the patients became so traumatized that they started harming themselves. The staff just observed and took notes instead of stopping the experiment, which was extremely cruel and unethical.