If you're the friend who always says yes, even when you don't want to. If you apologize for things that aren't your fault. If you've spent years shrinking yourself to keep the peace — there's a name for this pattern, and it isn't a personality flaw. It's a trauma response called fawning. Beyond Fight, Flight, and Freeze Most of us have heard of fight, flight, and freeze — the body's automatic responses to danger. But there's a fourth response that gets far less attention, eve