That post about #PeoplePleasing I put up yesterday? Here's an article that deals with the topic far better than I did.

However, I prefer to call it "placation" rather than "fawning". Seems like a less loaded word.

https://www.heyasd.com/blogs/autism/autistic-fawning

#Autism #Neurodivergent #Trauma

Autistic Fawning: The People-Pleasing Nobody Named

Fawning is the fourth trauma response — compulsive appeasing and self-abandonment. Here is what autistic fawning looks like, why it is tangled with masking, and how to begin unlearning it.

HeyASD
@drewph fawning is the word to allow it to start withe same letter as fight, flight, and freeze.
@eazy
Yeah, not a big fan of alliteration 🙂