The truth about Stockholm Syndrome
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The term Stockholm syndrome has become a phrase we throw around to describe people in toxic relationships and bad jobs, but originally it was a diagnosis for a young woman who fell for her captor during a week long bank heist. But it turns out the psychologist who first invented the term never even met the woman. So what's the history of this strange syndrome? Is it an early understanding of what we now call coercive control or is it all just a sexist myth? Guest: Rebecca Armitage
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