Recovery

Recovery is a term used for psychological rest and repair for individuals within ARCDA. This can come in the form of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or in more extreme cases, complete Hard Reset Therapy.

## Purpose

Due to the expensive nature of creating Synths, the concept of having to get rid of any 'faulty products' was considered to be distasteful and a waste of money. Instead, it was decided to introduce therapies for Synths to rehabilitate and reset them so that they could continue to be functional within their job roles.

## Procedures

### Therapies

#### *Talking Therapy*

Talking therapies are psychological treatments for mental and emotional problems like stress, anxiety and depression.

#### *Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)*

CBT's aim is to understand the person's thought process and how to change it. This is often used to help with depression, anxiety, panic attacks, fears, and 'unwanted behaviours'.

It works well with individuals who begin to exibit Feral traits, so long as they are noticed early.

#### *PTSD Orientated Therapy*

A mixture of CBT, Talking Therapy, and Reeducation, the goal is to get the individual to have a better understanding of how to deal with their trauma.

### Physical Therapies

Often partnered with the nursing team and Delta in the assistance of producing prosthetic limbs or bionics to replace more mobile parts, physical therapy is one of the most commonly used parts of Recovery. It is not only about getting the person back into physical shape, but also giving them the physiotherapy they may need after any major limb replacement or recovery from damage.

This can include hydrotherapy, reflexology, and physiotherapeutic massage.

### Hard Reset Therapy

A extreme 'no other option' procedure which can be considered to be almost as damaging as the trauma that put a person there. It involves one of three procedures.

1. **Complete memory reset;** often caused by musers distorting the persons perception and active thoughts and thought processes to the point that the person can no longer remember anything because of such a complete sensory overload that their brain 'shuts down'. This is a process that can take several hours to several days to complete and it and usually requires a team of musers to rotate. In the end the subject will loose all access to their memories, however some muscle memories will still seep through.
2. **Deprograming**; used more in non-ARCDA individuals such as Hasekura Agents, Rioteers, and Freelancers. This is a form of psychological warfare, which aims to convert a person to work for ARCDA. This can also sometimes be physical, and be classed as hazing.
3. **Revenge Therapy**: With some rare individuals, there is no way they can fully be able to move on or begin to address their trauma unless they are able to release the anger and pain they feel through revenge. This is one of the most dangerous therapies and only is performed under exceptional circumstances where the individual cannot afford to have their memories reset and is unresponsive to any other form of soft therapy. With this therapy, the individual is hyped up and persuaded that they are justified in what they are doing, then will be given the chance to release the build up through physical means; either through sparring, shooting ranges, 'smash shops', or 'rampages'. With this therapy, the individual has to be very carefully monitored, and will be terminated if they go too far and turn on the therapists.

With both procedures, Core will utilise Rubies and Sapphires to assist with it. For those taking part in either Memory reset or Deprograming, it can be somewhat traumatic for themselves, and is strongly linked with reasons for Ruby/Sapphire deserting.

## Results

Therapeutic recovery has a very high success rate as ARCDA puts a lot of effort into not having to waste products and personnel on things that can be fixed.

Reverting Ferals is still one of the more hit-and-miss as some of the CBT therapies do not work on individuals who have willully lost their ability to socialise and empathise with others.

With Hard Reset Therapy, the results are often successful, particularly with Memory Reset. This also allows for implanted memories to be set early on with Reset individuals.

## Flaws

There are some individuals however for whom Recovery has no effect.

These individuals can end up being 'set loose'. This can come in the form of sending them to become Beta-Testers or to take part in projects and studies, or in other cases to be dropped into a large deserted area and declared an enemy that Rubies, Sapphires, and Diamonds can take on as a mission to hunt down and destroy.

Deprograming can also end up causing a lot of damage if the subject is particularly persuasive and cognisant, as they can be able to manipulate the people around them to agree and help them. An entire team of Sapphires was lost when they were given the mission of Deprogramming a Rioteer, who convinced them that they would end up being turned on one another if they failed. The fear of having to hurt their own team members outweighed their wish to complete the mission and they deserted.

## Trivia

* Roux uses a form of Revenge Therapy in the Rioteer HQ against Wilny and Comet. Storm uses a softer Revenge Therapy approach with Amell and Wilny.
* Wilny likely underwent a full memory reset at Core before he became an Elite.

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