Comment by jasonlotito

> I just don't understand it.

Hi! Welcome to the Internet! This is clearly your first time here.

So, anyway, there is a site called Google. It's fairly good with things like this and will give you a lot of information. It's a well-studied phenomenon with a LOT of literature, and it's been written about quite a bit in modern times.

You can go here and start your journey on understanding.

https://www.google.com/search?q=why+do+victims+stay+with+the...

Congrats on being one of today's lucky 10,000!

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