Source: Neatorama
Stockholm syndrome is the sympathy that a victim, usually a hostage, develops toward their captor. Whether it is through the prolonged exposure to the captor whereby the victim’s perspective is being changed and they see some humanity in the other or the captor’s charisma or character persuades the other that they are doing such an act for a noble cause, the end is still the same.
It was first coined after the Norrmalmstorg robbery in which the hostages, four bankers, after being held captive for six days and released thereafter, developed a certain trust…
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