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 donāt usually publish non-anons but Iām going to make an exception for this one because I think itās helpful for people to know and be mindful of in the future (myself included).
Anyhow, yeah. I know itās not it the DSM and I consciously tried to avoid the word, ādiagnosis,ā while discussing it for that reason (so Iām a little confused why thatās in quotations). However, I did say that heĀ āhasā it and worded it that way because itās been my understanding that even though it isnāt a mental disorder, itās still a recognized as a distinct phenomena that research has been working towards explaining. What Iām 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 shouldnāt be using vocabulary like āsymptomsā or ācriteriaā when discussing SS because even if there are certain characteristics and behaviors that are consistent with what weāve come to understand as SS, theyāre 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 charactersā behaviors because the listed criteria we find on websites is still an ongoing debate and not fully supported by research or healthcare professionals.
