I guess we all have preconceived ideas of what people from certain towns, cities, states or countries are like, and even what delusions they may have. You know, the sheep-shaggers of Gore, the brash Noo Yawkers, the batshit crazies from Florida.
But what about psychological disorders named after cities?
Stockholm Syndrome, for those who form a bond with their captors, is probably the most well known. This one came about after a 1973 bank robbery in the Swedish capital turned into a hostage situation that dragged on for six days. After it was all over, the hostages said they felt safer with the robbers than with the cops. They went on to raise money to pay for their defence.
It is believed that one-in-four people who are taken hostage develop an attachment to their captor. I guess that why some of us have after-work beers with the boss.
The opposite side of the coin to this is Lima Syndrome, where the captors end up getting attached to their hostages (ie: when your boss offers to buy the beers). The name came from an incident where the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement took 600 guests at the Japanese ambassadorial residence hostage in 1996. They ended up letting most of them go within a few days.
Jerusalem Syndrome hits about 100 visitors to Jerusalem every year and was first identified way back in the 1930s. Symptoms usually settle a few weeks after visiting the city, and are totally religious, with the person believing they are some sort of important Biblical figure. They have obsessive religious thoughts, delusions and psychotic symptoms . That could explain a lot … Trump did visit Jerusalem back in 2017, after all.