What is ‘fawning’? How is it related to trauma and the ‘fight or flight’ response? [theconversation.com]

Carey Sipp 7/10/2312:00 PM

By Alix Woolard, Photo: Radu Florin/Unsplash, The Conversation, July 5, 2023

You have probably heard of “fight or flight” responses to distressing situations. You may also be familiar with the tendency to “freeze”. But there is another defence or survival strategy a person can have: “fawn”.

When our brain perceives a threat in our environment, our sympathetic nervous system takes over and a person can experience any one or combination of the four F responses.

What are the four Fs?

The fawn response usually occurs when a person is being attacked in some way, and they try to appease or placate their attacker to protect themselves.

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