When Survival Mode Pretends to Be Purpose

S3E4 - When Survival Mode Pretends to Be Purpose

Published: January 14, 2026

Duration: 3:46

Have you ever read a book that has you questioning your whole personality? Like, there you were, thinking yourself a unique individual, only to have some random author read you for filth?

This happened to me, recently, when I came across the following two books:

For those who haven’t gone as far down the self-help rabbit hole, “fawning” is the most recent addition to the Four Fs of Trauma Response:

* fight

* flight

* freeze

* fawn

Psychologist Pete Walker coined the term, describing it as “a response...