In psychology, Stockholm syndrome is a term used to describe a paradoxical psychological phenomenon wherein hostages express adulation and have positive feelings towards their captors that appear irrational in light of the danger or risk endured by the victims, essentially mistaking a lack of abuse from their captors as an act of kindness.
Symptoms of Stockholm Syndrome
Showing admiration for the abductors
Resisting rescue attempts
Defending kidnappers
Trying to please abductors
Refusal to testify against captors
Refusal to run away from abductors
Stockholm Syndrome is typically regarded as a condition that develops from extreme stress and fear
