Stockholm Syndrome: The Psychological Myth that Made Us Doubt the Human Heart

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It all began one morning in August 1973, at a banking branch in Stockholm, Sweden. An armed robbery ended in a six-day kidnapping, with hostages trapped in a vault, facing fear, pressure and uncertainty. But what struck the world was not only the crime, but some of the hostages began to defend their captors. Even after their release, a hostage visited her kidnapper in prison. Thus a media term was born that soon became universal: Stockholm syndr…