Most of us want to make our friends and family members happy. Who doesn’t? But if you're constantly going above and beyond for everyone or feeling guilty when you don't, that becomes a sign of a trauma response. Today Dr. Tarryn MacCarthy talks about the last fear response: Fawn. Fawning is a trauma response where a person develops people-pleasing behaviors to avoid conflict and establish a sense of safety. She also shares how it can show up in a person’s life aside from just people-pleasing and how you can recover from it. When you’re used to prioritizing other people, it’s a brave step to prioritize yourself.


Show notes:
[1:06] People-pleasing is a fear response
[4:42] People-pleasing is the ultimate expression of fawning
[11:43] Feeling unable to be yourself
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[14:01] Putting people’s needs ahead of your own
[21:38] Stress causes us to be in Fight, Flight, Freeze, or Fawn
[26:51] Outro


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