How do you deal with bitties that have been severely abused but might be worth saving? I mean it's been mentally abused and physically. Cuts, bruises, and scares all over it's body. It also doesn't sleep much without getting night terrors.
You got these types of cases all the time. People wanting to help the mental and physical well being of their bitties who had come from places where they were abused for years without end. The bitties were usually a wreck, stuck in their state of simulated fear and unable to switch even if you tried to initiate a stall to fix the problem. They are essentially glitched out into a state of constant fear that manifests in ways that set them apart from normal bitties. You’d worked for a long time on that particular problem and eventually came up with a solution.
There really isn't a way to get them out of that state of fear by training them, they’re locked out of the ability to stall, and essentially need a factory reset.
Your grandfather's journals demonstrated that the only way to do a reset reliably was to put the bitty in the programming chair and basically erase their entire operating system and reinstall it. There were other ways, but they had high rates of dusting, so they were generally off the table. Of course the chair only really works perfectly with first generation bitties, later generations require a little more finesse.
You’d tried this with a 6th generation Edgy who had basically been reduced to the temperament of a Cherry. You had placed him in the chair while he cried, and attempted to reset him, making sure that you had a base code. The edgy ended up dusting during the whole process, as there was a component that couldn't be programmed back in that allowed his ecto flesh to sustain heats.
You tried again with another 6th generation bitty, this time a softy that was in a constant state of night terrors. This time you didn't touch the core programming and instead tried wiping the memory banks. Surprisingly this worked, although it did leave the Softy dumber than usual, and he lost all sense (not that there was much to begin with) of where an appropriate place to sleep was. He also seemed to have his short term and long term memory severely damaged. He couldn't remember anything you recently told him nor who you were half the time. He also started falling asleep right in the middle of doorways, in the blender, on top of the radiator, and most disturbingly, inside of trash cans.
So you tried again, this time, simply erasing memories over time in measured treatments. This ended up as the best result, and after troubleshooting the process with over 12 different types of bitties you eventually perfected the process.
However in the long run the process completely erases any memory the bitty has of “anything” ever. Furthermore while it does fix the fact that they're stuck in a constant state of fear, it also means that they have difficulty switching between emotional states. You’ll find that they have trouble expressing the appropriate emotions in each situation. They could laugh at your pain or switch to anger instead of sympathy at your plights. They could get angry at you when you do something nice for them, or laugh when you’re trying to express anger. They could be afraid of you when you ask for a hug, or get aroused by your pain. Really it depends on the situation, furthermore this procedure is intensive and expensive.
Overall really its up to the owner on what would be worth it for each bitty. Abused bitties are some of the trickiest to deal with and generally aren't your area of expertise, but you still have your methods for dealing with them.
As for the bruises and cuts… Monster candy is generally the solution for those.