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give an example?
Dudes, why all the downvotes?
People feel attacked by basic scrutiny
Thats pretty difficult as its almost like intuition. Your brain has learned about these micro signals and must picks up on vibes.
Just describe the situation
I can't speak for OP, but in my case I could tell how "bad" a day was likely to be based on small clues that most people wouldn't see. Tiny things like a slight increase in the pitch of a parent's sigh, how quickly keys were put down as they came through the door, the position of their shoulders as they picked up a dinner fork. How the almost invisible deepening of the creases around their mouth and eyes matched the increasing tension in the air. Instantly knowing by the timbre of the footfalls climbing the stairs if I needed to pretend to be asleep.
Growing up in an abusive, trauma-inducing household fosters a talent to sense the proverbial "blood in the water," and how likely it is to send the sharks into a frenzy.