Was watching Philomena on the plane to Singapore surrounded by 2 families each with 3 children under three. Let’s just say I was luck to have remembered my Seinnheisser DJ Headphones that blocked most of the noise out.<\/p>\n
Anyway, it struck me that the relationship between children and their parents, orphans and their churches is similar to Stockholm Syndrome… Wikipedia seems all across it:<\/p>\n
Stockholm syndrome<\/b>, or\u00a0capture-bonding<\/b>, is a\u00a0psychological<\/a>\u00a0phenomenon in which\u00a0hostages<\/a>\u00a0express\u00a0empathy<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0sympathy<\/a>\u00a0and have positive feelings toward their captors, sometimes to the point of defending and identifying with them. These feelings are generally considered irrational in light of the danger or risk endured by the victims, who essentially mistake a lack of\u00a0abuse<\/a>\u00a0from their captors for an act of kindness.[1]<\/a><\/sup>[2]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0The\u00a0FBI<\/a>‘s Hostage Barricade Database System shows that roughly 8% of victims show evidence of Stockholm syndrome.[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n Stockholm syndrome can be seen as a form of\u00a0traumatic bonding<\/a>, which does not necessarily require a hostage scenario, but which describes “strong emotional ties that develop between two persons where one person intermittently harasses, beats, threatens, abuses, or intimidates the other.”[4]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0One commonly used hypothesis to explain the effect of Stockholm syndrome is based on Freudian theory. It suggests that the bonding is the individual’s response to trauma in becoming a victim. Identifying with the aggressor is one way that the ego defends itself. When a victim believes the same values as the aggressor, they cease to be a threat.[5]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n Battered-person syndrome<\/a>\u00a0is an example of activating the capture-bonding psychological mechanism, as are\u00a0military basic training<\/a>\u00a0and fraternity bonding byhazing<\/a>.[dubious<\/span><\/a>\u00a0