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This episode explores some of the emotional and cognitive changes that may occur once the perpetrator passes away.
Today I describe the fawn response. Fawning is a stress response that is learned as a child that helps us stay safe. Fawning is when we try to please and appease an abusive authority figure in order to try to prevent harm from coming to us. Reference: Walker, Pete (2013). Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving. Lafayette: Azure Coyote.
Rise: Healing From Childhood Sexual Abuse
This episode explores some of the emotional and cognitive changes that may occur once the perpetrator passes away.
