I was today years old when I learned this. Honestly it makes sense given how many true crimes of people being held captive for years yet still escaping or fighting against their captor. I look at Stockholm Syndrome as an umbrella of things combined - trauma bonding, coercive control, love bombing all together as a conglomerate rather than a singular and linear diagnosis. It [falling in love with a captor] is not something that will happen in a day, week, or month unless the victim is already psychologically weak / mentally ill. Like this story, lol I cringed when he said “maybe it’s Stockholm syndrome bc I think I care for you.”
Its obvious hes getting him vulnerable so he cannot be as close guarded to him making him easier to escape
Well yeah I do know that. Lol that much has always been obvious. I can still cringe tho lolll
My comment was not targeted towards you, i was being general
Ooo my bad. <3
Yea, I think its also similar to when someone gets to know someone more deeply over the years sometimes they start developing feelings or associate their feelings with love.
The problem with the comments under such pieces is that people often suspect Stockholm syndrome and even the author tries to write it that way sometimes. But in reality, there's nothing as Stockholm syndrome and it was just a flawed theory which has been debunked.