I need to say this. Stockholm Syndrome is one of the great romance plot devices, but it isn't real, just like rape in romance literature isn't real. It's bunkum.
The American Psychiatric Association does not list Stockholm Syndrome amongst its pathologies and disorders. It does not recognize the syndrome. This is for sound reasons. It isn't because the evidence was not examined. It was amply scrutinized. The rejection was based on that evidence was incomplete, incorrect (distorted) and ultimately used to harm, rather than support, victims and survivors of violence.
So, if you want to read stories about frail, helpless Cinderellas and Cinderfellas who fall in love with their abusive Gonad-Scratchers, go ahead! Scratch that itch all you like. Get off in your fantasies, but don't go around saying Stockholm Syndrome, like it comes across in fiction, is anything like what victims of violence experience.
The American Psychiatric Association does not list Stockholm Syndrome amongst its pathologies and disorders. It does not recognize the syndrome. This is for sound reasons. It isn't because the evidence was not examined. It was amply scrutinized. The rejection was based on that evidence was incomplete, incorrect (distorted) and ultimately used to harm, rather than support, victims and survivors of violence.
So, if you want to read stories about frail, helpless Cinderellas and Cinderfellas who fall in love with their abusive Gonad-Scratchers, go ahead! Scratch that itch all you like. Get off in your fantasies, but don't go around saying Stockholm Syndrome, like it comes across in fiction, is anything like what victims of violence experience.
2021-02-22 17:13 marked
I need to say this. Stockholm Syndrome is one of the great romance plot dev...