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(N.Morgan) Whenever I hear Stockholm Syndrome, I think of the abduction of Patty Hearst. For those unfamiliar with this case, Miss Hearst was kidnapped by a militant group and then became apart of that terror group. Stockholm Syndrome is defined as: the psychological tendency of a hostage to bond with, identify with, or sympathize with his or her capto. In the 1970s, a strange psychological phenomenon was identified: in traumatic abduction situations, a certain percentage of the population is prone to falling in love with their abductors. But if we are living in a societal prison of the mind, then are there those who have fallen in love with their mental jailers?