In an age defined by constant digital scrutiny, where every interaction is open to immediate tracking, harsh judgment, and ...

Most people know the fight-or-flight response, a survival mechanism related to threatening situations and events. In recent years, in no small part due to high-profile legal cases involving sexual ...

Most people think of people-pleasing as a harmless habit, but fawning is something entirely different — a trauma response so overlooked and misunderstood that most people don’t even realize they’re ...

These days, it's common to scroll through social media feeds and see certain "buzzy" terms in captions and on images, like "gaslighting," "golden handcuffs," "brightsiding," "parentification" and ...

Fawning could easily be mistaken for an easy-going and polite demeanor, but teens who exhibit these types of behaviors often struggle to express their own needs Experts say that fawning is a stress ...

'Fawning is a survival response often learned in childhood,' one psychologist says A money-related offshoot to a common trauma response is "financial fawning," which can impact how we spend, talk ...

Drawing from personal experience and seven case studies, psychologist Clayton (Believing Me) presents an empathetic primer on fawning as a survival response in an unsafe world. Unlike fight, flight, ...

Dr. Ingrid Clayton sheds light on a familiar, but little-discussed trauma response. If you can't access your feeds, please contact customer support. Thanks! Check your phone for a link to finish ...

When we think of trauma, it can be major trauma someone has experienced like serious accidents, assault, or natural disasters. Trauma can also be in our everyday life such as relational trauma., which ...