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.. Like abusive parents, batterers may even convince us that that our pain is " for our own good", or that this punishment "hurts me more than you". For all these reasons, it may become the ultimate anihilation of the sense of self.
On the other hand, when kidnappers or terrorists take hostages -usually men as well as women, and for financial or political reasons that are less intimate- studies show that even those hostages tend to retain feelings of fear and dependency long after they regain freedom. This is so common that it has been given a name: The Stockholm Syndrome.

How much deeper are the feelings instilled in women who have lived with and loved the enemy?