Bugzy

Looking at their hands and feeling like they aren't real and aren't theirs.

Always feeling dizzy.

Thinking back at the whump and feeling like it was a dream.

Caretaker mentioning what happened to whumpee and they suddenly feel like they are no longer in their body.

Eyes darting to different objects in the room, feeling like non of it is real and they aren't really there.

A strange tingling sensation in their arms and legs.

A foggy memory of the whump, maybe not remembering it at all.

Falling back in old conditioned behavior without even realizing it is happening.

Spending hours just staring at the wall, unable to move or do anything.

Vision going blurry.

Snapping an elastic band against their wrist to get themselves back in their body. Maybe even self harm.

Not realizing they are crying until caretaker points it out.

Losing their ability to speak or think.

Having a memory resurface and then immediately forgetting it again, like a mist suddenly took over their brain.

Having a memory resurface but forgetting it the moment they try to speak it out loud, frustrating both themselves and caregiver.

Being clumsy, knocking things over, accidentally running into walls or doors or tables because they aren't aware where their body is.

getting seriously ill but not going to the doctor until they're in extreme danger because their parents did the same to them as a kid

never getting tested for food allergies / intolerances and just vomiting anytime they eat a certain food or food group

ignoring a chronic symptom they've had since they were a kid just to find out oh, they have (insert chronic illness / disease / condition)

accidentally being a shit caretaker to another character because they don't know proper remedies or medications to help them feel better

being extremely emetophobic because their parents would panic severely infront of them anytime they vomited

character being terrified of shots because they never had them growing up and now they have to make up for all the vaccines they missed

Caretaker calling whumpee dear, baby, sugar, sweetie, champ, and anything similar

Like "Stay with me baby. You're doing great, just stay with me."

Parental caretaker guiding/encouraging whumpee with their words

"Hold on to me tight dear."

"I've got you... [Caretaker's] got you."

"It's alright. I'm here... I'm here now"

Caretaker giving whumpee permission to express their pain or cry

Caretaker hugging, holding, or cradling whumpee

"It's okay- It's okay... You did everything right..."

"I'm not going to let anything happen to you."

Caretaker patting whumpee on the back as they embrace

Drying whumpee's face with their sleeve

whumpee going limp, with an empty expression, at having to be naked. caretaker awkwardly trying to keep them comfortable, with whumpee refusing to voice any discomfort out of fear. whumpee's hair being washed with their clothes on, closing their eyes as their scalp is massaged, maybe even falling asleep in the warm water. whumpee letting themselves cry in the bath...

character b is in the hospital room, in a lot of pain as the doctors are cleaning their injury(s) or setting their bones. The doctors sent character an out into the hall, and now character a is leaning their forehead against the wall, knowing character b is suffering on the other side. Tears are running down character A’s face, and they’re shaking. They can vaguely hear crying coming from the room, and it’s physically hurting them. Please, kid. I’m right here. I didn’t leave you. Please be okay…

Sure, they were hurt. Horrifically, even. There's no denying the scars. But the things they describe? There's just no way someone could do such horrific things to a person, and there's no way a person could walk away from that. There must be embellishments, hyperbole, some misremembering.

It started as a test, to see if they really meant that they weren’t going to hurt them. Then when over and over, it was proven that Caretaker really did stick to their promise, didn’t even seem to want to hurt them or punish them or get them back, things shifted.

Whumpee still goads them sometimes, over silly things mostly, just to relish that no matter how annoyed Caretaker was, they were still safe. That Caretaker would rather laugh it off and let it go, that despite despite despite, they were still there.

(This is especially good when paired with really extreme abuse/whump that's jarring compared to their otherwise 'normal' lifestyle)

whumpee shakes their head. curls up tighter into themself. what's the point, if all that awaits them is more endless agony anyways?

a low cry of despair slips past their lips as whumper grabs their hair and pulls them up. "I said," two heavy slaps followed by a warning squeeze to the back of their throat. "get the fuck up."

whumpee trembles, trembles, trembles. tasting blood, feeling it dribble past their chin. it won't stop. what's the point?

"you're too weak to fight." (implied "in your state" but taken as "you're not good enough")

"it's not surprising that you'd react like this" (intended "anyone in your position would be devastated by this" but taken as "you're so predictably sensitive")

"you need to stay here. you're just going to slow the team down." (meant as "you're too ill/injured to come on this mission" but taken as "you're a burden")