If as a result of childhood abuse you feel, as I did, that a parent was trying to control you, even your every thought, then ECT can be seen as an attempt to wipe out your mind completely, and replace it with thoughts totally approved of by the parent.

That has always been my reaction. I suspect I am not alone. Evidently not everyone abused feels the same way -- maybe the abusive parent did not try to control even your thoughts, or you did not feel they might succeed.

Example of something my mother would say, and what she wanted: "Obedience in thought and deed." Or was it "obedience in word and deed"? Almost the same thing to me.

And she would enforce her wishes by punishment.