3 Women In Usa Held Hostage.....how?

[ICEQUEEN20]

Not really been following this story but from the news today I don't understand how 3 grown women were held hostage for 11 years by 1 man. Did he never sleep? Did he never go out? Surely these women could have overpowered him at some point. Really don't believe it...must have been Stockholm Syndrome?

[ladybirder]

Usually best to actually read the story before posing a question on it ICEQUEEN.

[daffy654]

Actually, it does in some cases Zacs. There can be a trigger situation that makes the victim suddenly aware of the danger they are/have been in.

[mushroom25]

ah - injudicious choice of words maybe.

i did not mean to imply there was any suggestion of blame to be apportioned to the 3 subjects concerned -

- rather, that there is a fair proportion of hostage situations that result in empathy for the perpetrator, which could provide insight into the length of time that the situation persisted.

[Sqad]

mushroom............your post was well intentioned and had a degree of substance, so don't apologise.

Most people would have realised the point of your post.

[wimp]

Fear is a strong weapon! At this moment in time we don't know all the facts.I would think it will be a long road to recovery for the 3 women and their families remembering that they were only kids when taken hostage!Although they are alive and free anyone wth any intelligence will know that there is a hole lot of new problems they will have to face but hopefully in time they will get some kind of normality and peace of mind back!