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Dr. Phil McGraw, host of the daytime television show "Dr. Phil," has weighed in on the Jaycee Lee Dugard case.
The television psychologist told the CBS "Early Show" that one of the most frustrating things about the case is people asking how Jaycee could be controlled for so long by her alleged abductors, Phillip and Nancy Garrido.
"It's just so hard to wrap your mind around something like that," McGraw said.
"Look, when you're 11 years old and you are abducted by a power figure, and you're isolated, the number one tool of an abuser is isolation. ... And it seems that this girl was isolated forever before she ever got any ability to move around. And when you're 11 years old, you're so vulnerable," he added.
McGraw predicted long recovery time for Jaycee and her two daughters fathered by her abductor.
"They [Starlet, 15, and Angel, 11] don't have any anchor in the real world. [Jaycee] at least had 4,000 days with her parents and like 9,000 days with this guy. It will just be so difficult for them to find their way back. But it can happen," McGraw said
"There will be a mix of emotions where they're actually grieving the loss of this person and missing him being, but then learning what has happened," McGraw explained.
"It's going to be such conflict that they can really fall through cracks if great care is not taken."
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