The more senior jellies will probably recall this story from the 70’s. Imagine that at age 19 you are kidnapped by a cult and tortured by them. You later help them commit crimes. At your trial, you claim to have been brainwashed. Despite having a topnotch lawyer, you are sentenced to prison. After 22 months, the president of the U.S. commutes your sentence.

This is a short summary of the early life of heiress Patty Hearst. I did a Web search to see what became of her. Was she traumatized? Did she suffer PTSD? Apparently not. She married a prison guard she met while locked up and has two children. She has had some movie acting roles, and her dog got a prize at the Westminster dog show.

Does any of this strike you as odd? While I am glad that things worked out for her, there is something not quite right about this story. How could the previous events in her life not have an extraordinary impact?