Category: Trauma

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The fight or flight response

If you’re walking through the jungle and you come across a lion your entire body will immediately and automatically go into survival mode. Within a matter of moments fear of the lion causes stress which activates your fight or flight response. Adrenaline is released, your…

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What is fawning and how did you learn it?

You’ve probably heard of people pleasing but did you know that if you are a people pleaser as a result of trauma you experienced growing up, you could be acting out what’s actually referred to as fawning? The Cambridge Dictionary defines fawning as “praising someone too…

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