Black woman hugging herself in quiet vulnerability, representing people-pleasing as a trauma response

Is People-Pleasing a Trauma Response?

“Your body learned to keep you safe. Now it’s time to teach it something new.” When I first came across the term fawn response, I stopped reading and just sat with it. Something clicked. Quietly, but deeply. All those years of saying yes when I meant no. Shrinking in rooms, managing everyone else’s feelings before […]

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