[narby]

it will take her a while to decompress.

Classic brainwashing begins by washing the old sense of self, and adding a new one. In basic training, it works by forcing individuals to conform as a team under intense pressure. In Patti Hurst's case, it was days locked in a closet going to the bathroom on herself. I don't doubt this poor girl went through something similar.

After that, the mind is open to receive whatever the trainer wants.

I have no doubt that these guys did something similar, whether they understood what they were doing or not.

I'm not an expert, but I think that "Stockholm Syndrome" and classic brainwashing are one and the same. In one case the individuals merely discover a way to work together by instinct, and in the other it's planned ahead. But the symptoms on the victim are identical.

[muawiyah]

They are all part of the process better known as a way to turn a human being into a slave.

We just don't encounter it much these days.

[JABBERBONK]

People with Stockholm syndrome may sympathize with their captors, but Jill is clearly a "Cheerleader"...I'm not buying her crap for one second.