Out of sight
As you grow older you start looking for signs, in how their hand is placed in their bodies, where they direct their body, how they look at them, how they talk. I analyzed everything about them to the point to obsess over taking care of every child in my way. You start looking at how that old uncle grabs that little girl at the supermarket or how that father looks at his daughter. You start analyzing everything until it is suffocating enough for you to feel numb...
This is how trauma can look years after the traumatic event.
You may still have patterns and survival instincts of what you learned as an abused child
Over analyzing body language became almost part of my daily routine. It became something I had to do all the time from the fear of being taken advantage of again or seeing someone in a similar situation and not being able to save them.
When you acquire this skill, you can either lose your mind or use it to help children that may be in need of help. You decide your own path.
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