You go quiet and expect them to figure it out with no clues.
Your red flag is the wall of silence you build when you're hurt. You don't yell. You don't argue. You just... stop. Stop texting with energy. Stop laughing at their jokes. Stop being present. And when they ask what's wrong you hit them with the most devastating two words in the English language: 'I'm fine.' You're NOT fine. You're furious. But expressing anger feels dangerous so you weaponize silence instead. The problem is that silence isn't communication — it's punishment. You're making them guess what they did wrong while you sit in your hurt waiting for them to crack the code. Nobody's a mind reader. And the longer you stay quiet, the louder the damage gets.
Get your read — free on iPhoneyou go silent because talking about what hurts feels more dangerous than letting the silence do damage. it isn't, but it feels that way.