Hi um. Stockholm Syndrome isn't a diagnosable mental disorder. It isn't registered on the DSM because the majority of the psychiatric community don't believe it is an actual thing. It's considered a "contested illness" or debunked pseudo-science. So saying 2D is "diagnosed" with Stockholm Syndrome is inaccurate since, well, he can't be. I hope this clears some things up. Love, a psychologist.
Hey there! I don’t usually publish non-anons but I’m going to make an exception for this one because I think it’s helpful for people to know and be mindful of in the future (myself included).
Anyhow, yeah. I know it’s not it the DSM and I consciously tried to avoid the word, “diagnosis,” while discussing it for that reason (so I’m a little confused why that’s in quotations). However, I did say that he “has” it and worded it that way because it’s been my understanding that even though it isn’t a mental disorder, it’s still a recognized as a distinct phenomena that research has been working towards explaining. What I’m getting from this ask is that it sounds like the psychiatric community would rather the term not be used at all and instead be grouped in with PTSD?
My other takeaway from this is that we probably shouldn’t be using vocabulary like “symptoms” or “criteria” when discussing SS because even if there are certain characteristics and behaviors that are consistent with what we’ve come to understand as SS, they’re widely disputed in the psychiatric community and have yet to gain any reliable empirical evidence. Therefore, we should minimize our use of SS in discussions as evidence of any characters’ behaviors because the listed criteria we find on websites is still an ongoing debate and not fully supported by research or healthcare professionals.
