Jaycee Dugard: Finally Free From Captivity, Writes About Experience

Possibility Of Dating

Remember, she was just 11 when kidnapped, so she has never dated before. She explained, “The only time I was asked on a date was when I was like 8 or something like that and I was so shy.

I didn’t even look up when this boy was asking me to go out with him. He was like 8, too.” Nowadays, she isn’t using dating sites or apps, but is open to a man who likes to cook and is “caring, has a sense of humor and can laugh at stuff.” She also said her daughters are hoping she can find a nice man.

Stance Against Stockholm Syndrome

Nowadays, Dugard spends some of her time speaking with psychology residents at medical schools across the country. She specifically requests that they do not use the term, “Stockholm syndrome,” since she claims it’s degrading.

The term was popularized after a bank robbing case in Stockholm where the hostages later refused to testify against their captors. Dugard said, “Having my family believe that I was in love with this captor and wanted to stay with him? I mean, that is so far from the truth that it makes me want to throw up. It’s disgusting. I adapted to survive my circumstances. There is just no other way to put it.”