Patty Hearst Story (2nd to last part)

From Patty Hearst to Tania: Shifting from one Personality Paradigm to Another

Photo of Hearst taken by the San Mateo County Sheriff following her arrest on bank robbery and gun charges in September 1975.





continued from part 6

In brainwashing, the person’s identity may shift from one to another. A happy and satisfied individual then may turn into someone filled with discontent and grievances. Because Patty was under duress and the situation she was in was distressing, her psychological makeup was susceptible to being altered. She was bombarded with the SLA’s dogma about how society was cruel and how the underprivileged suffered. In addition to this, her captors repeatedly attacked how being rich was a fault on her part. They also told her that her parents no longer cared for her as they no longer met the ransom demands and that the cops were not going to get her out of her current state. All of these were too much for Patty to handle particularly because her life prior to the incident was protected and safe. Hence, she yielded to the SLA’s brainwashing techniques. (last part)


Related stories:
Patty Hearst Story (part 1)
Patty Hearst Story (part 2)
Patty Hearst Story (part 3)
Patty Hearst Story (part 4)
Patty Hearst Story (part 5)
Patty Hearst Story (part 6)
Patty Hearst Story (last part)






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