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Chapter 3
This Secure Love Club book club session covers Chapter 3 of Pete Walker's Complex PTSD, including his widely cited framework of the four trauma responses: fight, flight, freeze, and fawn. Julie Menanno discusses how each survival type develops in childhood and shows up in adult relationships, from the fight type's controlling edge to the fawn type's people-pleasing and self-abandonment, and how recognizing your own type brings both self-compassion and choice. She links these responses directly to attachment styles and the negative cycle couples get stuck in. You will learn which trauma responses you default to under stress and how they shape your relationship patterns. Illuminating and practical for anyone who wants to understand why they react the way they do, and how to begin responding from safety instead of survival. The full discussion is inside for members.
