Fawn Response Explained

In this video, I talk about the Fawn Response, a coping mechanism that many people use in response to stress or trauma. I discuss what it is, what causes it, and what you can do to help yourself if you struggle with it.

Join us as we explore the Fawn Response. 🦌💕

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[gerrardjones]

I only just recently realised I was displaying this, I always try to please people even if I'd rather not do what they ask and I freeze and get so scared by any little negative interaction or response and when someone asks me to do something I think is wrong I don't know what to do because of a combination of the two, I realised this isn't something to be ashamed off but your video helped me learn about it more so I can heal it so thanks!

[friarpesel]

These are definitely survival strategies that outlive their initial usefulness. I’m glad you can talk about it 🙏 thank you. I hope you’re having a good evening 😇

[charityspencer]

Can people who have the fawn response be more prone to self-hate?

[Anonymous-]

Thanks, again, for these useful and interesting videos, and also for having shared with us such personal things. ❤ I was wondering...do you think we can consider a "fawn response" the continuous people-pleasing behaviours also without the risk of abuse or dangerous mistreating acts? Or maybe in that case there's another dynamic, not related to trauma? I'm asking because I've been people-pleasing all my life, but as I told you before, I've never been in situations which can be considered a threat for my life or physical survival... Maybe it's a matter of low self-esteem.

[xrunningwiththepitbullsx]

3:46 Not said in a cruel way, I do not know you of course, and do not remember years ago if in your personal channel if you said. The video topic makes me wonder if you had the Cinderella
Effect going on and that you as a child had to tell your self that you were bad in order to make sense of something that wasn't really about you because that's something as a child the child could control. Edit repeats this is not said in a cruel way. But I do admire your passion for helping others. "The Cinderella Effect is the phenomenon of higher incidence
of different forms of child abuse and
mistreatment by stepparents than by
biological parents. It takes its name from the
fairy tale character Cinderella, which is about
a girl who is mistreated by her stepsisters and
stepmother." Wikipedia.

[philipholding]

Technically, the ( so called) fawn response in humans. can not be classed as a survival threat response like flight, fight, freeze, because it's a learnt behavioural. It's not reflexive/ physiological/ involuntary.

[shamienwow]

When you find out the guy you like likes you but also another girl and your immediate response is to befriend her 😅