#9 – Stockholm Syndrome
Imagine that someone gets kidnapped, is made to go through all forms of torture, and yet he defends his abductor with all his heart. Referred to as capture bonding, the victim in such cases feels sympathetic towards her captors without recognizing the danger she is in.
The disorder is named after a bank robbery in the Stockholm, Sweden, where several bank employees were taken as hostages. The bank employees actually became emotionally attached to their captors and even defended them after being freed after a six-day ordeal.
There is also an opposite form of Stockholm syndrome. This is the Lima syndrome, where the abductor develops sympathy for his hostages.