Mike DomitrzPresident, Author, and Speaker on Respect, The Center for Respect, Inc. · Author & Speaker on Respect for Schools, Corporations, & the Military since 1990 (has reached

Mental and emotional manipulation is harmful in all relationships.

16 Aug 2024 · 1 min

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In this brief excerpt, the speaker introduces and defines Stockholm Syndrome, describing how prolonged abuse or captivity can cause victims to mentally reframe their abuser as positive or attractive as a survival strategy, which may appear as consent. The speaker also notes that power dynamics, though perhaps less extreme, can manifest in everyday relationships, implying that subtle manipulation is possible in various contexts.

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Anybody know what the Stockholm Syndrome is? Who could explain what the Stockholm Syndrome is? Who could explain it? You've heard it? Yes. What is it? I'm going to summarize because you did an awesome job of this. When somebody has been in prison or repeatedly harmed or abused by a person, and they mentally have been so abused that the mind starts to twist to find positive to survive. And in survival, it thinks, I got to find the good or I'm going to not survive this. So they start to see the good in the person. And they start to see attraction in this person. So in that moment, they could appear to be consenting. But that's only because of the mental manipulation that occurred prior to the scene. And by the way, can power dynamics show up in real relationships? Yes or no? Yes. Yeah, they might not be that severe, but they can show up.