Ayesha 🖤 :
From a psychologist’s standpoint, that whole “interrogation” of Veronica was set up to fail. Kim came in swinging with insults (“two-faced”), which immediately put Veronica in fight-or-flight. Once you attack someone’s character instead of their actions, you guarantee defensiveness.
Ethan also went wrong by not protecting his partner. Instead of saying, “This is between me and her,” he let his family dominate the conversation. That silence makes Veronica feel scapegoated, which only fuels more defensiveness. Isaac added fuel by escalating into physical aggression, showing how poor emotional regulation plays out in this family system.
Veronica made mistakes too she got defensive and blamed outward instead of calmly owning her part but it’s important to see that she was being “tried” more than heard. The real issue is the process: interrogation, blame, and emotional flooding. In the end, Kim weaponized shame, Ethan abandoned neutrality, Isaac lost control, and Veronica collapsed into defensiveness. No one slowed down to actually listen, so the cycle of mistrust just kept spinning.
2025-10-02 17:48:55