Fawn

Fawn:

Fawn (also called Fawn Response) is a headmate that attempts to appeal to abusers (either in or out of the system), in attempt to lessen the pain or punishment that the system recieves.

This could be done in a number of ways, like reenacting trauma internally to other headmates, internalizing what abuser(s) have taught the system, trying to prevent the system from speaking about their trauma, denying that trauma happened all together, attempting to get in contact with abusers again after the system has left or gone no-contact with them, helping out internal abusers in harming other headmates, sabotaging external relationships, or attempting to isolate the system from external supporters like healthcare providers and friends.