Rise: Healing From Childhood Sexual Abuse
Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is an experience that often leaves the survivor debilitated in their adult years. However, we are resilient and we can rise. Your host, Jessica Heil, Registered Psychologist and a survivor of CSA herself will offer information about CSA in order to provide you with more knowledge on the topic, as well as strategies and tips that you can access now in order to begin moving from surviving to thriving.
Rise: Healing From Childhood Sexual Abuse
Fawning - the lesser-known trauma response
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Jessica Heil
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Episode 13
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.