Self Sovereign Insights
Blog By Bethany Russell, MA, LPC
For the deeply feeling and highly ambitious - insights on reclaiming your power from within.
YOUR FAWN RESPONSE IS WHY PEOPLE DON'T TRUST YOU
I'm going to tell you something that might sting a little.
If you're someone who says yes when you mean no, who agrees to keep the peace, who shape-shifts depending on who you're with—people can sense it. And on some level, they don't trust you.
Not because you're a bad person. But because they can feel that you're not being real with them.
Your fawn response might be keeping you safe, but it's also keeping people at arm's length.
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