The concept of the fawn response, alongside the more commonly known fight, flight, and freeze responses, represents a critical aspect of how both humans and animals react to trauma. The fawn response ...

Americans are dealing with a palpable sense of uncertainty about the economy. Most react to money fears in three ways: fight, flight, or freeze. Which are you? Identifying your reaction can help ...

Functional freeze, otherwise known as the the third "F" in the fight, flight, freeze and fawn list, is a stress response defined as a feeling of numbness or paralysis when faced with a threat. This ...

According to Walker this response may become part of other trauma reactions, combining with fight, flight, or freeze depending on what is encountered. Fawn ubiquitously appears without question in ...

Spend enough time in self-help spaces—by following therapists online or devouring books in that genre—and you'll read quite a bit about the "fight-flight-freeze-fawn" responses to stress. Essentially, ...