Empowering neurodivergent people through understanding and conversation
Fawning: The danger of people-pleasing
One reason many autistic children fly under the radar – and why many of us don’t even recognise our neurodivergence for what it is until adulthood – is because of one of the 7 standard responses: fawning. It is also a significant contributor to the Coke bottle effect, and burn out. What is Fawning Fawning, put simply, is using people-pleasing (consciously or otherwise) in avoid conflict, and earn the approval of others. It often appears[…]