segunda-feira, 6 de outubro de 2008

Stockholm Syndrome


Stockholm Syndrome :

–noun Psychiatry.
an emotional attachment to a captor formed by a hostage as a result of continuous stress, dependence, and a need to cooperate for survival.

[Origin: after an incident in Stockholm in 1973, during which a bank employee became romantically attached to a robber who held her hostage]

and also

n. A phenomenon in which a hostage begins to identify with and grow sympathetic to his or her captor.

O ser humano é uma criatura incrivel. É fantástica a capacidade que temos de desenvolver sentimentos com alguém que nos torna prisioneiros de si próprio, e nos trata como bem quer.
Impressionante.

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