Most people think of people-pleasing as a harmless habit, but fawning is something entirely different — a trauma response so overlooked and misunderstood that most people don’t even realize they’re ...

Fawning is a survival mechanism that develops in response to trauma—a fourth response alongside the better-known fight, flight, and freeze reactions. Psychotherapist Pete Walker defines fawning as “a ...

In the quiet corners of trauma, there lies a response often misinterpreted, overlooked, or dismissed as mere "people-pleasing." It’s not always fight or flight. It’s not even freeze mode. Sometimes, ...