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2007-03-19 07:38:23 · 6 answers · asked by Alex 1 in Health Mental Health

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Stockholm Syndrome is an example of the defense mechanism of "identification with the aggressor" and is usually used to describe situations where hostages bond with their captors. However, other common examples include the loyalty abused children show to their abusive parents and the attachment that some domestic violence victims feel for the offenders. The mechanism is explained as a survival strategy where attachment to those you are dependent on is necessary in order to insure your survival.
I think a more clear explanation is postulated by Colin Ross in which the attachment is shown as ambivalent and results from the defense mechanism of splitting. It accounts for the contradictory behavior of perpetrators who simultaneously abuse and nurture/caretake their victims, creating mixed feelings of love and hatred in the victim for their abuser which are handled by psychologically splitting the self and the abuser into good and bad. The "bad self" is then used to explain the "bad abuser" and the "good self" to explain the "good abuser" and thereby allows the victim to maintain attachment to the abuser they are dependent on for their survival. There is an evolutionary drive that we are are "wired" with at birth to attach to our caretakers. The problem arises when the caretaker is also abusive and the feelings of rage resulting from the abuse would threaten the bond necessary to survive if expressed and acknowledged, so it is "split off" from the self as a "bad part" and used to explain the abusive actions of the perpetrator otherwise the victim is forced to acknowledge that the person they depend on for survival is also the person who threatens their very existence and would result in overwhelming terror.

2007-03-20 01:22:33 · answer #1 · answered by Opester 5 · 0 0

Stockholm Syndrome is the condition where a captive develops a sense of loyalty to their abductor. It occurs most commonly in prolonged hostage situations (days or weeks rather than just a couple of hours).

2007-03-19 07:45:49 · answer #2 · answered by searchpup 5 · 1 0

Here is a link to a site about it, with some famous cases posted there:
http://www.sniggle.net/stock.php

2007-03-19 07:47:30 · answer #3 · answered by Yahzmin ♥♥ 4ever 7 · 0 0

Stockholm syndrome is when you start to identify with your captors and support their cause.

It happens most often in psychiatric wards.

Psychiatrist: "We are going to drug you and also shock your brain with 450 volts of electricity"

Patient: "Yes doctor. You know everything. You are helping me"

2007-03-19 07:44:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 4

The capital of Sweden. A few million. Google it - or search it through yahoo! (so they won't erase this answer).

2007-03-19 07:43:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

not sure -- is that the one where the kidnapping or torture victim bonds with the kidnapper or torturer -- I'll do the wiki link thing -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome

2007-03-19 07:47:43 · answer #6 · answered by --------------- 2 · 0 0

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