![]() ![]() The fawn response is developed in childhood and can be hard to recognize in adulthood. ![]() This behavior pattern can affect not only your overall wellness but can affect your professional and personal relationships as well. With time, the fawn response to trauma can become a pattern well into adulthood. So to cope with the trauma or avoid abuse, a child may develop a people-pleasing behavior where slowly they may begin to lose their sense of self, their needs, and desires. The fawn defense mechanism sets in when you grow up in an abusive or trauma-filled environment. ![]() This is what the fawn response to trauma and abuse means. To avoid further conflict, one rushes to please the other person – including agreeing with them, doing what they tell them to do, suppressing their feelings to avoid conflict, etc. ![]()
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