Number 2: They can have a very exaggerated and dramatic startle reflex.
For example, if someone is behind them and they don’t see them and that person gently bumps into the mentally abused person, many times that will startle them like gasping for air startle.
Again, I used to do this all the time and this is from an overworked nervous system. The type of startle reflex happens because the person has been living in fight-flight survival mode, so the littlest things can frighten and scare us until we realize everything is okay and there isn’t anything to be alarmed about.
Number 3: The person will need constant and continual validation and reassurance.
Mentally abused people have been psychologically abused; meaning they have been gaslighted usually for years. So their perceptions have been tampered with, and they are very insecure about everything that has to do with them.
For example, they might say things like: “Are you sure that I look okay in this outfit”. Or, “do you think the dinner that I cooked was good, things of this nature”. They need reassurance that they are interpreting reality correctly.
Number 4: The mentally abused person won’t believe that they are beautiful or handsome.
Usually, these people have had all aspects of themselves belittled criticized, and made fun of, and degrading their looks is usually a part of what they have lived through. So, no matter how beautiful the woman might be, or how handsome the man might be, they will have extreme difficulty believing that is true.
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