Fawn-anonymous
So, how many of us are feeling like Fawning might be a bigger trauma-trend in our lives than we noticed before? In the comments, let us know what ways you find yourself thrown into “social survival fear mode!” What sets it off? Certain relationships,...
✭✭ 5.31 Full Extended Version | Fawning, Enmeshment, Relational Triggers (What is CPTSD, Alex)
This episode delves into the complex world of fawning, enmeshment, and relational trauma. We explore how early childhood experiences shape our tendency to prioritize others’ needs over our own, leading to codependent relationships and a loss of personal identity. The discussion highlights the importance of recognizing fawning behaviors, setting healthy boundaries, and developing autonomy in relationships. By understanding these patterns, individuals can begin to break free from people-pleasing tendencies and cultivate more balanced, fulfilling relationships. The journey towards recovery involves challenging deeply ingrained beliefs and behaviors, but it’s a crucial step in reclaiming one’s sense of self and improving overall mental health.
5.30 Supplement: What’s Fawning?
Before we dive into a loooong episode on enmeshment, codependency, boundaries, and the ways that we’re brain-patterned not to understand any of the above… let’s talk about one of the big portions of the discussion that often gets overlooked. What the...
Updates from the Blanket Fort Discord!
Hey Friends! Just wanted to hop in and give you the Blanket Fort Discord*** Updates of the week! Don’t forget to check out the WEDNESDAY DISCUSSION! This week, we’re talking Boundaries and Community Support! 🍻 We just added the GOOD VIBES...
5.29 Guest Host | Monsters in the Shadows
Who’s ready to hear about some radical self-exploration and acceptance? This MF is an incredible example of noticing, naming, and releasing the patterns in ourselves that we’re not the happiest about. The things that dear old dad taught us, in a lot of...
NEW! Wednesday Discord Discussions!
Ready to meetup on a central day in the TMFR community? Welcome to your new weekly Wednesday escape from hell. We’re meeting up in the Patreon-only Discord all day long, rapping about timely trauma topics that YOU suggest! Join the community threads,...
Characterize the past few weeks of your inner (and outer) experience?
Let’s shout it out. How’re YOU doing? Tell us how you’re managing/making the best of it/moving forward in the comments! 72 votes total
5.28 Guest Post | Fawning & Social Triggers
Relational trauma has been a doozy lately, amiright? Yep, well wait until your new MF friend spits about her recent experience with a mutual-CPTSD friendship. Because oh boy, I think the recent dive into “human relations” has been a lot for everyone. When...
5.27 Workbook| YOU v. BRAIN Neural Network Reprogramming
Companion exercises to YOU v. BRAIN series. So you’ve got neural branches and limbs forming diverse networks in your head that control your thoughts and emotions. When your head is a living nightmare… how can you start to understand the neural structures...
✭✭✭ 5.26 Early Release! YOU v. BRAIN v. PROGRAMMING pt II
Understanding the intricate workings of neural networks can be a powerful tool in trauma recovery. This episode explores how our brains create and maintain neural connections, often leading to unhelpful thought patterns and responses. By visualizing these networks as branching trees, we can better comprehend how trauma affects our thinking and behavior. The concept of neural network overlaps and compartmentalization helps explain many common trauma symptoms. Recognizing the distinction between our conscious selves and our brain’s automatic programming allows for greater agency in healing. This perspective offers hope for rewiring trauma responses and creating healthier neural pathways.
✭✭✭ 5.25 YOU v. YER BRAIN
In trauma recovery, separating our sense of self from our brain function can be a powerful tool. This episode explores the concept that we are not our brains, bodies, experiences, emotions, or thoughts. By challenging societal narratives about the brain and consciousness, we can reframe our self-perception and reduce shame associated with trauma responses. Understanding the limitations of current scientific knowledge about consciousness helps us approach our healing journey with more self-compassion. This perspective shift can alleviate some of the emotional distress and self-judgment that often accompany trauma, allowing for a more balanced approach to recovery.
5.24 Guest Host | Trauma Tools for Other Hurdles
Who needs a little help processing from time to time? (raises hand) Let’s hear how a fellow Fucker deals. Thanks for your share Leanne!
5.23 Your Stories | Grace; Narc Parents, Quests for Love, and Reconsidering Life
I don’t want to butcher this story. Just tune in and hear the story of this amazing MF finding her way through the world, through love, and through fawning behavior to all. And then… wondering if any of it was what she really wanted. TBD MFs. HBU? Gotta...