The fawn response is often overlooked in discussions of trauma and abuse, but it is a crucial aspect to consider, especially when it comes to narcissistic abuse. The fawn response is often overlooked ...
Trauma, whether it’s momentary or long term, affects people in different ways. This probably isn’t news to you. But did you know four distinct responses can help explain how your experiences show up ...
Japanese students doing Pledge of Allegiance in San Francisco in 1942 prior to internment of Japanese Americans Source: Dorothea Lange / Wikimedia A therapist named Pete Walker originally coined the ...
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, ...