As time goes on, when one red flag is ignored, another one eventually appears followed by more. By the time someone’s situation spirals into a Reddit relationship horror story, they’ve been going down a path of increasingly obvious red flags, yet failing to take necessary action to remove themselves from the situation.
If something feels off about a person, it almost always is. When it comes to any kind of relationship with another human being, a lack of comfort around them, feelings of suspicion that are underlying, yet hard to put your finger on, etc., should all be trusted.
It is better to be safe (and potentially wrong about someone) than to be sorry you ignored your instincts. Heeding the aforementioned warning signs can save people from very dark roads that often lead to long-term trauma, if not loss of life.
