Fawning - the lesser-known trauma response

Update: 2023-08-16

Description

Today I describe the fawn response. Fawning is a stress response that is learned as a child that helps us stay safe. Fawning is when we try to please and appease an abusive authority figure in order to try to prevent harm from coming to us.

Reference:

Walker, Pete (2013). Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving. Lafayette: Azure Coyote.

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Fawning - the lesser-known trauma response

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Fawning - the lesser-known trauma response

Jessica Heil

Fawning - the lesser-known trauma response