Fawn

Fawn:

Fawn or fawn response holder is a headmate that attempts to appeal to abusers (either in or out of the system), in an attempt to lessen the pain or punishment that the system receives.

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.

Related Terms
If a fawner acts in a calculated way and pretends to agree with abusers, they may be considered a double agent.

A fawn may be considered a loyalist.

If this headmate personifies the fawn response for their system, they may be considered a conceptive or metamate.

A fawner may also hold other roles such as instructed-persecutor, denialist, or enforcer.

History
The fawn response is a kind of trauma or stress response that involves appeasing the source of trauma.