Connect to Survive: Appeasement Replaces Stockholm Syndrome via Polyvagal Theory

Published: Sept. 5, 2023, noon

Appeasement has replaced the outdated understanding of "Stockholm Syndrome," as described by the Polyvagal Theory. Learn what appeasement is and how it acts as a survival mechanism when one is under life threat.

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Appeasement: Replacing Stockholm Syndrome - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9858395/

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Polyvagal Insitute on Criticisms: The Vagal Paradox: a Polyvagal Solution - https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S2666-4976(23)00034-6

Cleveland Clinic - https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/22387-stockholm-syndrome

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