Why do people say being a hostage is difficult?

Question

i reckon do it with both hands tied behind my back.

Answer 1

It is obvious that being a hostage is very easy. So are being raped, hanged, tortured, murdered or mugged. None of these things requires either physical effort or difficult decisions. Easy as they are, all of the above are likely to be very distressing.

Do not confuse easiness with absence of mental and physical agony. The mere fact that as a closely confined captive you have no active responsibilities, no operational decisions to make and nothing to do - hence, your life is easy - does not exempt you from suffering in its most acute form, exacerbated by the very helplessness and lack of responsibilities which make your life simple.

Answer 2

Maybe it's the fear of being beheaded.  Other than that those, it's a breeze.

Answer 3

1. you have no say what happens to you

2. you are normaly hooded and tied

3. you are luck to get one meger meal each day

4.you can be or more like will be tortured daily, be it mentaly or physicaly

5.you WILL be killed for no reason e3xcept for the enjoyment of the hostage takers

6. after 6 months no one remembers why

Answer 4

Because it is.

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Answer 5

It's because you are scared of being shot and the hostage is tortured and other bad things are done to the hostages.

Answer 6

LOL! yes with a big t**d in your pants

Answer 7

Let's see.....You are taken away to a place you can't leave, away from loved ones, loose your freedom, loose your privacy, watch life go by, unable to escape, like being in jail but without committing a crime, often paired with Rapes, beatings, abuse, etc..... Umm Does it sound EASY to you?