In psychology and trauma responses, the term "fawn" refers to a behavioral survival strategy where an individual responds to perceived conflict, threat, or trauma by appeasing, pleasing, and accommodating others. Coined by therapist Pete Walker, the fawn response involves suppressing one's own needs, opinions, and boundaries to gain the approval or placate the anger of a dominant or abusive figure. Individuals with a strong fawn response often struggle with codependency, people-pleasing, and difficulty saying no.
1 votes
Marked as accepted