What is Stockholm syndrome?
Forty years ago, the term Stockholm Syndrome was coined at the end of a six-day bank siege. Most people know the phrase Stockholm Syndrome from the numerous high-profile kidnapping and hostage cases – usually involving women – in which it has been cited.The term is most associated with Patty Hearst, the Californian newspaper heiress who was kidnapped by revolutionary militants in 1974. She appeared to develop sympathy with her captors and joined them in a robbery. She was eventually caught and received a prison sentence.But Hearst’s defence lawyer Bailey claimed that the 19-year-old had been brainwashed and was suffering from “Stockholm Syndrome” – a term that had been recently coined to explain the apparently irrational feelings of some captives for their captors. …The phrase was reported to have been coined by criminologist and psychiatrist Nils Bejerot. Psychiatrist Dr Frank Ochberg was intrigued by the phenomenon and went on to define the syndrome for the FBI and Scotland Yard in the 1970s. At the time, he was helping the US National Task Force on Terrorism and Disorder devise strategies for hostage situations.His criteria included the following: “First people would experience something terrifying that just comes at them out of the blue. They are certain they are going to die.“Then they experience a type of infantilisation – where, like a child, they are unable to eat, speak or go to the toilet without permission.” Small acts of kindness – such as being given food – prompts a “primitive gratitude for the gift of life,” he explains.”The hostages experience a powerful, primitive positive feeling towards their captor. They are in denial that this is the person who put them in that situation. In their mind, they think this is the person who is going to let them live.” …In a 2009 interview with Radio Sweden, Kristin Ehnmark explained: “It’s some kind of a context you get into when all your values, the morals you have change in some way.” 全文quote from : http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-22447726 |
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斯德哥爾摩症候群(Stockholm syndrome)又稱為人質情結、人質症候群
指犯罪的被害者對於加害者產生強烈寬容、合作或為其開脫的種種表現,甚至認同加害者的一種創傷羈烈情結。根據弗洛伊德的理論,斯德哥爾摩症候群是一種自我防衛機制,使受害者覺得自己不再受到威脅。
關鍵字:自我防禦機制/受虐/約會強暴
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Love and Stockholm Syndrome: The Mystery of Loving an Abuser
http://counsellingresource.com/therapy/self-help/stockholm/
tag: severe psychiatric disturbances, emotional bondingwith the captor, psychological conditions and reactions/ symptoms