What is Stockholm Syndrome?
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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. \nWhile 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. \n\nWhat 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. \n\nIt'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.
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Dude, you may have a serious psychiatric condition.  Seek help.
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What you are talking about was classically called "free floating anxiety" if you do a google search there are several sites that discuss it.
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Thank goodness someone is sitting up and taking notice.!\n\nMo exploitation has reached pandemic proportions and if we do not act in all haste future generations will not even know what a mo is.\n\nHalf a mo....I'm not sure I do
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Its called being codependant.  Feeling the need to help others with their own issues to the point of ignoring our own.  Often without being asked.  Read up on codependency, i did just a little while back and my goodness it explained alot.
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whenever you have this feeling tugging at your heart to do something which may seem strange and its like something is just telling you to do it. thats god trying to talk to you. sorry for this long answer but for example, if you have this feeling that you need to give a friend some money (this actually happened to me) you should do it. turned out that my friend was poor and couldnt afford anything to eat that day. that was enough money to get her a meal for that day at mcDonalds
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Sounds like a classic anxiety disorder.
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Munchausen syndrome is a form of psychological disorder known as a factitious disorder (the term "Munchausen syndrome" is sometimes used, incorrectly, to refer to any form of factitious disorder). Sufferers mimic real diseases, presenting a great problem to themselves and their healthcare professionals. The disorder is named after a literary figure, Baron Munchausen, a real person who was portrayed in fiction as a famous teller of tall tales.\nIn Munchausen syndrome, the sufferer feigns, exaggerates, or creates symptoms of illnesses in himself or herself in order to gain attention, sympathy, and comfort from medical personnel. The role of "patient" is a familiar and comforting one, and it fills a psychological need in people with Munchausen's.\n\nThere is some controversy on the exact causes of the syndrome, but an increased occurrence has been reported in healthcare professionals and close family members of people with a chronic illness.\n\nMunchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSbP, but also known as FII, or Fabricated or Induced Illness - the official name given the condition in March 2002 by the Royal College Of Paediatrics and Child Health) [1], a caregiver, usually the mother, feigns or induces an illness in another person, usually her or his child, to gain attention and sympathy as the "worried" parent. Although MSbP cases with feigned or induced physical illness receive the most attention, it is also possible in parents who emotionally abuse their child, then claim psychiatric and/or genetic problems.\n\nMunchausen by proxy is a term used to describe a form of child abuse and which was coined by Sir Roy Meadow, former professor of Paediatrics at the University of Leeds, England. During the 1990s and early 2000s, Meadow's expert testimony sent many parents to prison for allegedly murdering their children through MSbP, as well as causing many potential victims to be taken into care. However, during the course of 2003 a number of high-profile acquittals brought Meadow's ideas into serious disrepute. Some experts now doubt even the existence of MSbP, despite observations on hospital surveillance cameras which have caught MSbP abusers in the act. At the time of writing upwards of 250 convictions which relied on Meadow's evidence are under review. Meadow himself came under investigation by the British General Medical Council, and in July 2005 was found guilty of "serious professional misconduct".
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Ataraxia - Slevin says this is a condition characterized by an inability to feel fear, worry, or preoccupation.  According to Wikipedia (that wonderful source of info!), this isn't a recognized mental condition.  More likely, Slevin's character is educated enough to know that this is an ancient Greek term for the level of consciousness one must achieve before reaching hedonism (total pleasure).  If hedonism for Slevin means getting to tortuously murder the men who destroyed his family, then it's fair to suggest that he is one dark hero!  What a cool movie, though.  And yeah, I wish I had that disease, too.  Does it come with all the quirky comebacks??  That would be AWESOME!
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There is something called Tonies syndrome, or labeling theory where if you treat a person a certain way and hold specific expectations of them based on nothing real the person will begin to act accordingly (tell a teen they're bad often enough and they will become bad.)  I've seen it happen many times.
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In the British National Formulary (the book drs have to prescribe drugs) there is no mention of this. If you feel the drug is causing antisocial behaviour go and see your dr.
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Coulddn't find it, closest is:  Money can't buy you happiness, but it sure can buy enough drugs, women and cars to take your mind off things..\n\nhttp://www.pointlesswasteoftime.com/smf/index.php?topic=19770.msg519024\n\n=0)\nGood luck
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Please find out what the name of the syndrome is and email me at avaisfree@yahoo.com   I would like to know so that I can search it out on line and I'll let you know what I found out and direct you to the site. Also if I were you I'd take my child to the doctor.
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A syndrome of mental depression and suicidal tendencies, in which the patient complains of having lost everything: possessions, part of or entire body, often believing that he or she has died and is a walking corpse. This delusion is usually expanded to the degree that the patient might claim that he can smell his own rotting flesh and feel worms crawling through his skin. The latter phenomenon is a recurring experience of people chronically deprived of sleep or suffering amphetamine/cocaine psychosis. Paradoxically, being "dead" often gives the patient the nation of being immortal. Other megalomelancholic ideas may be present. Aetiology unknown. Seen especially in manic-depressive patients or in certain brain syndromes.
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hey i am the a s s here. I am trying my best to deal with it. I thought it would go away but it has not. I have noone to help me with this and I am at a loss. maybe the best idea is just death. I cannot live like this anymore. i cannot beleive I am this man. I realize this woman is the best thing that has ever happened to me and I appreciate her so much. I was just looking for some ideas on how to make it stop.
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MUNCHAUSEN BY PROXY (MBP) (also called Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy, Munchausen by Proxy Syndrome, and Factitious Disorder by Proxy) is a label for a pattern of behavior in which caretakers deliberately exaggerate and/or fabricate and/or induce physical and/or psychological-behavioral-mental health problems in others.\n\nThis pattern of behavior constitutes a separate kind of maltreatment (abuse/neglect) that manifests as physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, neglect, or a combination. The primary purpose of this behavior is to gain some form of internal gratification, such as attention, for the perpetrator.
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A sense of for-boding\n\nA feeling that something bad is going to occur