Name: Lima 症候群：綁匪愛上你的祕密！😱 (Lima Syndrome: When Captors Start to Love)
Uploaded: 2025-12-15T18:03:19.000Z
Duration: 6 min 18 s

Most people have heard of Stockholm Syndrome, the idea that hostages sometimes form emotional bonds with their captors.

大部分人都聽過斯德哥爾摩症候群，也就是人質有時會對綁匪產生情感連結的說法。

But far fewer know about the other side of the coin.

This is when the captor develops sympathy, affection, or even protectiveness toward the person they're holding hostage.

這是指綁匪對他們挾持的人質產生了同情、情感，甚至保護欲。

Why would someone who's in control, even committing harm, suddenly feel compassion for their hostages?

為什麼一個掌握權力，甚至可能施加傷害的人，會突然對人質產生同情心？

Yet Lima Syndrome reveals how empathy can surface in extreme circumstances.

然而，利馬症候群揭示了在極端情況下，同理心是如何浮現的。

And while most of us thankfully never find ourselves in an actual hostage situation, the psychology of Lima Syndrome has a lot to teach us about power, vulnerability, and

雖然我們大多數人幸運地從未遇過真實的挾持人質事件，但利馬症候群的心理學能教會我們很多關於權力、脆弱性，以及

the surprising ways connection can emerge in the most unlikely of places.

在最不可能的地方，連結會以令人驚訝的方式出現。

The hostage crisis that named the condition Lima Syndrome was named after a real hostage crisis that took place in lima, Peru, in 1996.

催生了利馬症候群這個名稱的挾持人質事件，是以 1996 年在祕魯利馬發生的一場真實人質危機命名的。

During a lavish party at the Japanese ambassador's residence, members of a militant group stormed the mansion and took over 600 politicians, diplomats and military officials hostage.

在日本大使官邸一場盛大的派對期間，一個武裝團體的成員衝進豪宅，挾持了超過 600 名政治人物、外交官和軍方官員作為人質。

The captors demand was that members of their revolutionary movement be released from prison.

綁匪的要求是釋放他們革命運動的成員出獄。

Over 70% of hostages were released early, after only a few weeks, far more than any negotiation expected.

70% 以上的人質在幾週後就被提前釋放，遠遠超出任何談判的預期。

Reports suggested they sympathized with them, gave them special treatment, and in some cases, even developed friendly relationships.

報導指出，他們對人質產生了同情，給予特別待遇，甚至在某些情況下發展出友好的關係。

The very people meant to be their leverage became humanized.

原本應該是他們籌碼的人質，卻被「人性化」了。

但為什麼綁匪會對人質產生同情心呢？

Hostage takers usually have strong motives, political, financial or otherwise.

綁匪通常有強烈的動機，無論是政治、經濟或其他原因。

Yet there are powerful psychological forces that can cause Lima syndrome to emerge.

然而，有強大的心理力量可能導致利馬症候群的出現。

即使在高壓情況下，看到別人受苦也會激起我們的罪惡感或同情心。

Even in high stress situations, seeing someone suffer can stir up guilt or compassion.

畢竟，人類天生就擁有鏡像神經元，當我們目睹他人的情緒時，這些腦細胞就會被活化。

After all, humans are wired with mirror neurons, brain cells that light up when we witness another's emotions.

有時候，即使有人試圖將對方非人化，同情心還是會突破。

Sometimes even when someone tries to dehumanize another, empathy breaks through.

害怕被抓、對結果的不確定性。

在狹小的空間裡長時間接觸人質，可能會產生意想不到的情感連結。

Fear of being caught, uncertainty about outcomes.

Prolonged exposure to hostages in close quarters can lead to unexpected emotional bonds.

In moments of vulnerability, captors may project their own fears and humanity onto the people they hold.

在脆弱的時刻，綁匪可能會將自己的恐懼和人性投射到他們挾持的人身上。

奇怪的是，擁有控制權反而會讓綁匪覺得對人質的安危負有責任。

Oddly enough, having control can make a captor feel responsible for the well being of the captive.

原本的支配感可能會轉變成照顧。

What starts as domination can more morph into caretaking.

當你認識一個人，就比較難去憎恨對方。

It's harder to hate someone you get to know.

分享故事、眼神交流，甚至是日常的小習慣，都能讓雙方更有人性，模糊敵人與同伴之間的界線。

利馬症候群不只發生在人質事件，接下來這裡會更精彩。

Sharing stories, eye contact, or even small daily routines can humanize both sides, blurring the lines between enemy and fellow human being.

Lima Syndrome beyond hostages here's where it gets interesting.

Lima Syndrome doesn't just belong in history books or crime reports.

利馬症候群不只會出現在歷史課本或犯罪報導裡。

Empathy, emerging in uneven power dynamics, shows up in more everyday ways.

在權力不對等的關係中，同情心會以更日常的方式出現。

For example, in workplaces, a strict boss who starts off cold or domineering may soften after seeing the struggles of an employee developing protectiveness instead of distance.

舉例來說，在職場上，一位原本冷漠或專橫的嚴格主管，在看到員工的掙扎後，可能會產生保護欲而非疏遠感，進而態度軟化。

In parenting, parents sometimes begin with rigid expectations, only to loosen up when they truly empathize with their child's feelings.

在育兒方面，父母有時一開始會有僵化的期望，但當他們真正同情孩子的感受時，態度就會放鬆下來。

And in relationships, a partner who holds power in a dynamic financially, socially, or emotionally may unexpectedly shift from control to caretaking when they recognize their partner's vulnerability.

在感情關係中，在經濟、社交或情感上佔有優勢的伴侶，當他們意識到另一半的脆弱性時，可能會意外地從控制轉變為照顧。

In each of these cases, the seed is the same when someone in control begins to see the full humanity of the person beneath them, dominance can give way to compassion.

在這些情況下，種子是一樣的：當掌控者開始看到對方完整的人性時，支配就會轉變成同情。

What Lima Syndrome Teaches Us about Empathy on one level, Lima syndrome might seem odd or even ironic, but

利馬症候群教我們的同情心。一方面，利馬症候群可能顯得奇怪，甚至有點諷刺，但

it's a powerful reminder of how compassionate the human heart can be.

它強烈提醒我們，人類的心可以有多麼富同情心。

We often assume power corrupts, that holding control makes people colder or more detached.

我們常以為權力會腐蝕人心，認為掌控一切會讓人變得更冷漠或疏離。

And sometimes most of the time, that's true.

But Lima syndrome shows the opposite possibility.

但利馬症候群展現了另一種可能性。

Power can also open the door to responsibility, care, and surprising softness.

權力也能開啟責任、關懷和意想不到的柔軟。

This doesn't mean Lima syndrome is always healthy.

這不代表利馬症候群總是健康的。

After all, it unfolds in a context of captivity and imbalance.

畢竟，它發生在被囚禁和不平衡的背景下。

But the psychology behind it offers a hopeful truth.

但它背後的心理學提供了一個充滿希望的真相。

Even in the darkest dynamics, empathy can surface.

即使在最黑暗的互動中，同情心也能浮現。

Unlike Stockholm syndrome, which happens rarely but is widely known, Lima syndrome is even less common and far less discussed.

和斯德哥爾摩症候群不同，後者雖然罕見但廣為人知，利馬症候群則更少見、討論也少得多。

But together they teach us something important about relationships.

但它們一起教會我們關於關係的重要一課。

Under stress, humans don't just fight or flee we also reach for connection, no matter how risky or irrational.

在壓力下，人類不只會戰鬥或逃跑，我們也會尋求連結，無論多麼冒險或不理性。

When stripped down to our rawest emotions, we are wired not only for survival but for belonging.

當我們回歸最原始的情感時，我們不僅天生為了生存，也為了歸屬感。

Even in fear, empathy can override hostility.

即使在恐懼中，同情心也能壓倒敵意。

即使在權力之下，關懷也能滲透進來。

And that, perhaps, is the most hopeful lesson Lima syndrome has to offer.

而這，或許是利馬症候群所能提供的最充滿希望的一課。

If empathy can emerge in something as extreme as a hostage situation, what does it say about our everyday lives?

如果連在極端的挾持人質事件中都能產生同情心，那這對我們的日常生活又說明瞭什麼呢？

Maybe it's proof that beneath all the roles, power struggles, and

也許這證明瞭，在所有角色、權力鬥爭和

defenses, we are built to recognize and respond to each other's humanity.

防禦機制之下，我們天生就能辨識並回應彼此的人性。

If empathy can bloom in the darkest places, what possibilities could it open in your own relationships, conflicts, or daily interactions?

如果同情心能在最黑暗的地方綻放，那它能在你自己的人際關係、衝突或日常互動中開啟什麼樣的可能性呢？

Do you think our instinct for compassion is stronger than our instinct for control?

你認為我們渴望同情的本能，會比渴望控制的本能更強烈嗎？

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