Journal 3: Stockholm Syndrome

Being held hostage would probably not be a very enjoyable activity and would most likely push a person to the brink of their limits. I think that coping in a hostage situation would be extremely difficult and would be very difficult. There is also the ever-present threat of coming down with Stockholm syndrome but that would probably make dealing with the situation a bit easier. Stockholm syndrome is a great song by Muse also. I think that to cope with being in a hostage situation I would probably turn to humor and try to lighten the mood. Humor is usually my one effective method at lightening a situation and it would be the only thing I really had in my arsenal. Being in a hostage situation would be extremely dangerous and it depends on what kind of people the captors are. I guess if it was a multiple hostage situation like in a bank the humor might be good for keeping some people calm and not letting them worry, but in a one person captivity time thing befriending your captor is probably not a good idea, unless you can then trick them into letting you go or escaping somehow. The thing is though you can't get too attached to your captor then things won't end well for you and you would probably turn out like that one person's daughter who was captured by some extremist group and when she was getting ransomed she changed her viewpoints and ended up joining the group. Can't remember her name but that was a classic case of Stockholm Syndrome and that really sucked for her. All in all being in a hostage situation would be extremely unenjoyable and would be extremely difficult to cope with. There wouldn't be very many way to cope with such a situation but I think that humor might be a good way to diffuse the situation and possibly cope with such a harsh and bone-chilling reality.