Understanding Trauma Survival Responses: Fawning and People Pleasing w/ Dr. Kate Truitt

In this psychoeducational video, Dr. Kate Truitt introduces the trauma survival response fawning, or people pleasing. This response is learned when we understand we can appease the perpetrator in order to stay safe.

Fawning is very common in children who grew up in chaotic or dangerous homes. It ensures us that we have value to the person hurting us by aligning with their beliefs, desires, and needs; seeing who and what they are; and finding ways to be supportive of them. This can lead to an undervalued sense of self, since our own sense of self doesn’t help us survive. Fawning can also cause a devaluation of self, lack of boundaries, overextension, and self-sacrifice.

Dr. Kate explains that there is an opportunity to change the fawning process by identifying what our wants and needs are. If we haven’t done this before, this can be very difficult. When we are fawning, every behavior we do feels like a “need to” behavior. “Need to” behaviors are really tied into our core biology, however by taking a loving step back we can ask ourselves if we need to or want to.

By mentally categorizing our behaviors, we can start to move into agency within our relationships. This is an exciting opportunity to learn more about who we are.

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Dr. Kate Truitt is a clinical psychologist, neuroscientist, as well as holds a MBA in Healthcare Administration. She is the CEO of the Trauma Counseling Center of Los Angeles, Chairman of the Board of the Amy Research Foundation, and leads her flagship organization Dr. Kate Truitt & Associates located in Pasadena, CA. Her teams of expert psychologists and psychotherapists provide individual therapy, group therapy, executive coaching, and neurofeedback throughout California via telehealth.

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