Battered throuple syndrome is essentially Stockholm syndrome without the kidnapping. Typically BTS experienced by elder
people. Sometimes occurs when a spouse dies and they latch onto another couple. The relationship of the three experiences feelings of
love, attachment, trapped, and anxiety. Anxiety is often felt when separated from one or
two. Trapped is experienced when one wants space from the
two but they can not leave. They can run to the grocery store but they must return. Once one experiences BTS one can not escape.
My
mom has battered throuple syndrome (BTS). She spends lots of time with a couple. She
even sleeps in their bed. She sometimes calls the man her
husband but she is confused by the dynamics of BTS.