What Fawning Really Is and Why It Happens

About this episode

Sarah explores the concept of fawning, its origins, and its impact on personal needs and desires.

Have you ever found yourself abandoning your own needs and desires to keep others happy? Maybe you don’t even know why you’re doing it. In this episode, Sarah explores what fawning is and why it happens. She shares her own experience and explains how this self-protective behavior develops, often in early childhood, as a way to keep you safe.

People in this episode

Host: Sarah Baldwin

Topics covered

• fawning
• self-protective behavior
• childhood development
• mental health
• personal needs

Keywords

• fawning
• self-abandonment
• mental health
• childhood
• behavioral patterns

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