“Dear Aubrey… This was supposed to be a good exhibition in the game, but you fu***d up the moment you mentioned my family’s name”
— Kendrick Lamar on ‘Meet The Grahams’
Re-download Twitter to remind everyone that David and Patrick from @SchittsCreek will forever be the cutest couple on TV
(they are graciously providing me with serotonin as i type)
Fawning can look like: fear or saying no, over apologizing, accepting treatment that’s emotionally abusive, agreeing with things to make life easier, walking on eggshells around people, and avoiding conflict completely.
The issue with fawning is that when this is a pattern in our life we are more concerned with other people’s feelings than our own.
Our need for approval & our need to stay safe (chosen) by people can cause us to abandon our own needs.
We learned it was easier to “go along with” things even if they were hurtful or we didn’t want to do them.
Fawning also allows us to be liked— we seem easy, agreeable, & “low maintenance.”
Fawning is a trauma response where we people please to avoid conflict, abandonment, or rejection.
When we fawn, we are trying to stay safe.
Many of us grew up in unsafe or unpredictable homes where we had to appease others.
7. No room for mistakes: mistakes are essential for growth and learning logic. In dysfunctional families perfection is required. Mistakes are deemed a as a weakness. This gives us issues with procrastination and chronic fear of criticism.
6. No space to be a child: when we’re parentified (made to fill a parents role) we lack the ability to emotionally develop. This is because we’re focused on “mature” adult issues. This stunts us emotionally & has us fixing things that weren’t ours to fix.
5. No joy, play, or spontaneous fun: another core trait of dysfunctional families is “over seriousness.” This can come from long term survival mode where playfulness doesn’t exist. We struggle to be light hearted or to be able to let lose.