Just In: Jill Carroll Alive; Freed

[Dee Bee]

I'm not a psychologist and not claiming it applies here, but have you heard of "Stockholm syndrome"?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome

[Janice]

Thanks, that was really interesting. Yes, it will take time for her to get her mind back on the right track. I am sure these captives have to play mind games with themselve just to remain sane. I heard one captive say he planned a vacation every day in captivity in his mind as not to focus on his dire situation. Also, there are people everywhere who sympathize with terrorists by saying they are still children of god and are eligible for reprentance and forgiveness if they just ask him. These are priests and ministers. Eveyone sees these situations different. I still say she thanked them for her treatment as to hope they treat all prisioners they have the same way.

[rainstorm]

she was an npr reporter before her kidnapping which tells me she was terror friendly before her kidnapping.

im wondering, does jill or anyone know the butchered translators name?

[Skywatch_NC]

Being a media/news reporter does not make someone terror-friendly, Helen...good grief!

You're on the 3rd degree with Ms. Carroll though...that's for sure...

[rainstorm]

his name was allan enwiya. i pray for him. i doubt jill carroll even remebers his name. no one else or the media seems to know who he was. i have little regard for jill, myself

[brunota2003]

who cares if the terrorists were friendly to who or not...they havent been friendly to most, including those that they slowly beheaded...they should all die and rot in you know where...but I guess that is the opinion of someone who lives in America who new people that were in the WTC after they got attacked. and someone whose father is currently in Kuwait...

[greeng13]

his name was allan enwiya. i pray for him. i doubt jill carroll even remebers his name. no one else or the media seems to know who he was. i have little regard for jill, myself

why is that? she was working for a Christian journal in a Muslim world where people get killed for even saying they are Christians...

it is well-documented that people who have been kidnapped/held prisoner, etc. identify with their attackers and sometimes agree with them and even to the point of believing them...the Stockholm Syndrome.

she was missing for what like 2 months!?!?!?

they were her only chance for survival and sustenance as well as socializing!

the mind works in mysterious ways! and for her to say that while still in captivity isn't surprising to me in the least or to say that she "was treated well" for that matter. quoted from here:

http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20030324.html

Stockholm Syndrome describes the behavior of kidnap victims who, over time, become sympathetic to their captors. The name derives from a 1973 hostage incident in Stockholm, Sweden. At the end of six days of captivity in a bank, several kidnap victims actually resisted rescue attempts, and afterwards refused to testify against their captors.
While some people are suggesting the recent Elizabeth Smart kidnapping sounds like a case of Stockholm Syndrome, the most famous incident in the U.S. involved the kidnapped heiress Patty Hearst. Captured by a radical political group known as the Symbionese Liberation Army in 1974, Ms. Hearst eventually became an accomplice of the group, taking on an assumed name and assisting them in several bank robberies. After her re-capture, she denounced the group and her involvement.

What causes Stockholm Syndrome? Captives begin to identify with their captors initially as a defensive mechanism, out of fear of violence. Small acts of kindness by the captor are magnified, since finding perspective in a hostage situation is by definition impossible. Rescue attempts are also seen as a threat, since it's likely the captive would be injured during such attempts.

It's important to note that these symptoms occur under tremendous emotional and often physical duress. The behavior is considered a common survival strategy for victims of interpersonal abuse, and has been observed in battered spouses, abused children, prisoners of war, and concentration camp survivors.

the original founding of this "condition" was the result of being held captive for only 6 days

[rainstorm]

and she gained 10 pounds, and she was a liberal reporter for npr. she was sympathetic before her supposed kidnapping. she has plenty of opportunity to blast the terrorists now. she wont, becuase she agrees with thier cause