A pattern in which someone repeatedly imagines another person’s negative response and begins behaving as though that response has already occurred.
The anticipated reaction influences avoidance, defensiveness, secrecy, or resentment before the actual conversation takes place.
NATURAL USAGE
“You are responding to a Reaction Rehearsal, not the person in front of you.”
Candidate term. Proposed as a Human As Hell original; not trademark-cleared or legally verified, and not claimed as exclusive.