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fromPsychology Today
1 day ago
Mental health

Fawning Works... Until It Doesn't

Chronic fawning—appeasing others to avoid conflict—erodes selfhood and causes anxiety, depression, and unsatisfying relationships.
fromFast Company
2 months ago
Mental health

Why people-pleasing happens and how to stop doing it

People-pleasing is a trauma-driven fawning response that causes exhaustion and loss of self; healing requires focusing less on others to rediscover personal needs and identity.
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Mental health
fromHarvard Business Review
5 days ago

6 Defensive Behaviors That Show Up at Work-and How Psychological Safety Can Help

Human survival responses include six instinctive threat reactions: fight, flight, freeze, please/appease (fawning), attach/cry for help, and collapse.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Look out for number one! Selfish self-help books are booming but will they improve your life?

Self-help trends promote radical self-prioritization, encouraging people to reject people-pleasing and therapeutic fawning to reclaim personal thoughts, needs, and agency.
Mental health
fromTiny Buddha
2 months ago

Why I Learned to Stay Quiet to Be "Good" - Tiny Buddha

Internalized survival strategy of fawning leads to silence, self-suppression, and bodily symptoms, disconnecting a person from true needs.
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