Fawning is a stress response where your body tries to keep you safe by appeasing others - saying yes when you mean no, smoothing things over, or minimizing your needs to avoid conflict. It’s your nervous system’s way of protecting connection when rejection once felt dangerous.⁣ ⁣ Fawning is one way we outsource our emotional safety - but it’s not the only one. ⁣ ⁣ Codependent, perfectionist, and people-pleasing habits all spring from the same root: the nervous system trying to stay safe, loved,

Your bones, not Adrenaline, are responsible for fight or flight response. | Hashem Al-Ghaili