Is Stockholm syndrome a myth? The terrifying crime behind psychology's most famous — and dubious — t
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On August 23, 1973, notorious safe thief entered a bank in Stockholm with submachine gun, knife, transistor radio, explosives and ropes. Jan-Erik Olsson was ready for the biggest heist of his life. Wearing a brown wig and fake glasses, he fired a few shots on the ceiling and announced to the horrified crowd "The party is just beginning!" Everyone at Sveriges Credit Bank hoped that their demands - including the robber - would be met quickly. Instead, robbery turned into a six-day ordeal that changed lives of everyone involved in event and caused one of world's most famous - and suspicious - psychological terms. You've probably heard of Stockholm syndrome. "Like "obgressive-compulsive disorder" and "sociopath", this is one of the expressions that circulate around during the conversation without understanding what it really means. Stockholm syndrome is a proposed condition that claims that victims can desperately connect to those who have kidnapped them during a hostage-taking situation. During the fight at Sveriges Kreditbank, he was invented by police psychiatric counselor Nils Bejerot. The young woman publicly claimed that one of the hostages had an emotional bond with the bank robber and implied that this bond was sexual. Kristin Enmark, 23, is the first person in the world to be diagnosed with Stockholm syndrome when her workplace is exposed to dramatic siege. The problem is that this may not be present. He spent his life arguing that he felt no intimacy to the person who captured him and only did whatever it takes to survive. Now, 50 years later, experts are questioning whether Stockholm syndrome is real phenomenon or a term imposed on woman who did not give reaction she had expected from the community during most frightening experience of her life. Canadian therapist, who spoke long about his experiences with Kristin. "He was a brave young woman who worked hard to protect her own safety and the safety of others," said Allan Wade. Kristin's story When Jan-Erik entered his life, Kristin was working as a stenographer at Sveriges Kreditbank. He recently left his boyfriend and was planning leave the bank within a few weeks to return college. But that August, when he walked to floor of the bank, he saw a man with a gun playing rock music from transistor radio. "I believed that a mania entered my life," he told New Yorker in 1974. "I believed I saw something that could only happen in America." Four employees of the bank, including Kristin Enmark , were held hostage by a robber for six days. Jan-Erik, who turned on the radio to listen to news about his own bank robbery, tied Kristin's hands and ankles with rope. He was among the four employees he took hostage. They had a lot of demands for their freedom. First, the infamous crook asked Clark Olofsson to be released from prison and brought to the bank. He then asked the men to be given two guns worth $ 3.4 million, two bulletproof vests and a Ford Mustang. The Swedish government allowed police to rem