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Schawn Austin | Healing History Counseling

Not Just an Adorable Animal

January 26, 2018 by Schawn Austin Leave a Comment

A fawn is very cute. But fawn is also the name of one of our four primary danger responses. Most people know about Fight and Flight. Many people have heard of Freeze, but very few have heard of Fawn. This is because it's existence was only suggested recently. The Fawn danger response is when someone attempts to avoid danger by being nice... to the extreme! This is when a person will expend a great deal of effort to keep the situation/individual from becoming dangerous. Then if it becomes dangerous, they will go to great lengths to diffuse the situation. They may take responsibility or blame for something that's not their fault or ignore their own needs or desires in order to make the dangerous situation safe. Adults who experienced intense danger when they were young may be more inclined to use the Fawn response to danger. Their best defense, as a powerless child, was to keep everyone happy.

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