What happens when a horribly abused child grows up?
In many cases, a war rages within the child over how to relate to the world around it. With trust and hope? With self-protective manipulation? With magical thinking? By erecting a psychic fortess? By going to war? Each of these strategies is a different voice within the child, and they can fight amongst themselves for a long time, sometimes for a lifetime.
What happens when the abused child comes from a lineage of abuse and anxiety, where the trauma goes back generations? What happens when this abused child is an entire people?