The Fawn Trauma Response To A Narcissist
Trauma & Narcissism Redefined
Caroline Strawson
4.8 • 701 Ratings
🗓️ 31 May 2022
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Fight, flight and freeze are common trauma responses, but there’s a fourth called Fawn which is often experienced when dealing with a narcissist. These trauma responses are controlled by your nervous system and are typically out of your control, you will respond in the present based on what you have experienced in the past. So, in this episode, I discuss the science behind trauma responses and why this often uncontrollable reaction is designed to keep you safe.
What you will learn in this episode:
- Why we have trauma responses built into us and what causes them to be triggered
- What the fawn trauma response is and the correlation to narcissistic abuse
- How my nervous system reacted to narcissistic abuse
I break down how each trauma response works and how they impact your behaviour, from short term reactions to long term behaviour changes.
If you’re listening to this episode close to its release date, I would love to hear what questions you would like to hear me answer! In episode 100, I will be answering your questions! So, feel free to email me at [email protected] with your questions and I’ll hopefully be able to answer them in my next episode.
Resources:
- Join my FREE Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/thriveafternarcissisticabuse
- Access my low cost Narcissistic Trauma Recovery Programme https://go.carolinestrawson.com/heal-the-trauma-of-narcissistic-abuse
- Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carolinestrawson/
- My website: https://www.carolinestrawson.com/
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the narcissistic trauma recovery podcast. I'm Caroline Strawson and I'll be sharing with you |
| 0:09.6 | awareness, understanding and education about the devastating effects of narcissistic abuse to help you thrive. |
| 0:16.5 | I want you to know that I've been exactly where you are and I believe you. And this show is all |
| 0:22.8 | about taking you from trauma to transformation. Hi, my friends. Welcome to the narcissistic |
| 0:30.1 | trauma recovery podcast. Absolutely delighted to have you here. And I'm getting really excited actually |
| 0:36.4 | because next week is my 100th episode. |
| 0:40.7 | So if you have any questions, I'm doing a real Ask Me Anything in my 100th episode on the out on the 7th of June. |
| 0:48.8 | So if you're listening to this now and you've got some burning questions that you want answering on my podcast. |
| 0:54.7 | I'm going to spend a little bit longer on the podcast on the 7th of June next week. |
| 0:59.4 | So please email them in with your first name and I can read them out and as many as I possibly |
| 1:05.6 | can and try and answer as many as I possibly can. |
| 1:08.2 | So email me in at hello at caroline strawson.com and that episode will be |
| 1:14.0 | going out on the 7th of June. So you need to, if you're listening to this now on the day of my |
| 1:19.1 | episode coming out on the Tuesday, you need to get your questions in soon because within 48 hours |
| 1:25.2 | I will be recording that episode. So send those in. I've already |
| 1:28.5 | got some from my free Facebook group, which the link is in the show notes. If you want to come |
| 1:33.0 | over and join our amazing community, or indeed you can drop me a message over on Instagram as |
| 1:38.3 | well because we're collating all of the questions. And a lot of them are obviously very, very similar. |
| 1:43.3 | But at the end of the day, |
| 1:44.2 | I went to help answer them. So if you have a burning question that you feel like, oh, Caroline, |
| 1:48.7 | I've looked everywhere. I can't find an answer to those or anything. Send them in because they |
| 1:53.2 | give me really great ideas as well for future podcasts for you too. So what am I going to talk in |
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