I would have to say that I have exerienced it too. I think I lived it growing up.
I think that when you are a long term victim you can see that there is some kind of mental illness or issue involved with the person that seems to hold you captive for some reason.

And there is a sadness to it that is very hard to describe. And unless you have experienced it, it is very hard to understand. And when I first saw this thread I had to let it perculate in my mind because most of my childhood I was abused by my brother and yet I felt sorry for him and loved him too. And I could not tell that I was being abused. I really never thought about that time in my life as stockholmes syndrome, but after this word has perculated in my mind I can see it.

In fact I am glad you started this thread because I am going to talk about it with my T.

I am in another situation where I am having similar emotions and I see something similar where someone is struggling somehow, maybe a deline in abilities and I am at a point where I honestly don't know what to do. And it is bringing back a lot of those feelings of I feel bad but it is hurting me but this person is hurting too and what do I do and if I ask for help it might hurt me more and what do I do?

And I am very angry that I am in this situation and it has an eary similarity to it that makes me really uncomfortable.

I am really going to talk about this with my T.

Open Eyes