It isn’t Stockholm Syndrome.

TM SM YZ October 20, 2023 3:29 pm

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I will stick with the story’s pov and facts. The story is only sexual assault and abuse. Wait. That doesn’t excuse JK of any of this behavior. I don’t know how so many people jumps to the conclusion. They see rape because it is the first impression, not taking in all the evidence, they misunderstand what is happening or more. We have a deeper understanding of the story and no one wants to listen they want to dismiss us and impose their opinions on us. Rape is not in this story. It is not an opinion. You can see rape. But it is just a pov.


However, it isn’t Stockholm Syndrome.

As we know, Stockholm Syndrome is a coping mechanism to a captive or abusive situation. People develop positive feelings toward their captors or abusers over time. This condition applies to situations including child abuse, coach-athlete abuse, relationship abuse and sex trafficking

This isn’t the right type of relationship abuse and if you look at psychological causes, signs and symptoms this story doesn’t fit.

https://www.choosingtherapy.com/stockholm-syndrome/#:~:text=Some%20of%20the%20more%20common,documented%20in%20the%20research%20include%3A&text=Feeling%20closely%20bonded%20or%20attached,of%20the%20captor%20or%20abuser

It gives you 5 Examples of Stockholm Syndrome. None are close. 4 is the Stockholm syndrome abusive relationship. The abuse that causes Stockholm Syndrome isn’t there and there many elements that doesn’t allow to develop to Stockholm syndrome.
The original Beauty and the beast is Stockholm Syndrome but the Disney’s version isn’t. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1460&context=criterion#:~:text=The%20original%20Beauty%20of%20Beauty,syndrome%20have%20all%20but%20vanished.


It can’t and won’t be Stockholm Syndrome. It is not Dan catching feelings from an abusing situation either. The story says something else. It isn’t trauma bonding either.

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