# What is "Stockholm syndrome"?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 18, 2003, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-stockholm-syndrome/189394 "2003-07-18T14:33:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Beastal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Beastal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastal)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-stockholm-syndrome/189394/1 "2003-07-18T14:33:08Z")

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And where does the name come from?

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**Author:** ![Jabba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@Jabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jabba)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-stockholm-syndrome/189394/2 "2003-07-18T14:37:42Z")

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It is the phenomenon whereby kidnap victims sometimes bond with their kinnappers. See [here](http://www.yahoodi.com/peace/stockholm.html), for example.

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**Author:** ![Beastal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Beastal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastal)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-stockholm-syndrome/189394/3 "2003-07-18T15:24:43Z")

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Thanks Jabba.