[He rubs his face with his hands for a moment just to breathe and muffle any exasperation.]

Rock bottom to someone with that much conviction looks like martyrdom. Think of it like this. Someone is taking away everything that makes you who you are and putting you in a cell because they think you did something wrong. You might have, but what right do they have to punish you? They do this time and time again. Try to take whatever's left of you away and insist you are wrong and they are right.

And when everything is gone they think they've won.

Are you really going to let them win? Think about it as if you were this person. Not as yourself, stop thinking as yourself.