What are some behavioral patterns associated with the mistrust and abuse schema?
Individuals with this schema often exhibit hypervigilance to threat cues, interpreting ambiguous signals as hostile. They may also engage in a schema confirmation loop, where their defensive behaviors provoke negative responses that reinforce their mistrust, and they typically avoid intimacy due to the fear of vulnerability.
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