Tagging is hard

[annavere]

Trauma bonding. This refers to yet another subset of abuse dynamics, wherein trauma is used to create a bond with the abuser.

Not, as I thought, two or more traumatized people bonding over their horrific experiences.

There goes another of my tags...

Comments

[yourlibrarian]

Huh -- I too am surprised. Trauma bonding seems covered by Stockholm Syndrome.

[annavere]

I know, right? It feels like a distinction without a difference, and the sheer number of people using the term wrongly, yet intuitively, shows there is a need for this particular dynamic to be named. I tried to see if there was an official term for bonding through shared traumas, but it doesn't appear to be coined - hence people using trauma bonding "incorrectly."