Stockholm syndrome (the water runs deep)
AJFan Fri, 10/03/2008 - 9:49am
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.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/stockholm%20syndrome
[Origin: after an incident in Stockholm in 1973, during which a bank employee became romantically attached to a robber who held her hostage]
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