Originally posted by: Pottermeow
I think we all know that Raavi has serious abandonment issues. Even pre wedding we see her trying to get Shiva's acceptance in any way and form possible. Case in point, her mehendi. Now that he is her husband I think all she is ready for at this point is the comfort of having someone for her, in any form. Shiva is pretty clear that he won't think of her as his wife initially, so she suggests being strangers, then upon him disagreeing, friends.
Raavi, despite what she believes about herself, seems to trust actions over words. Pre wedding Dev never professed his love for her, but his actions were misleading, they show acceptance of Raavi's love for him and that he cares for her, not confusion and disbelief as it should have been to deter her. At the wedding, when he his actions scream indifference for her, she finally sees that he never loved her.
Now despite Shiva still fighting with her, his actions had begun to show acceptance for her, which is why the emotional distancing hurts her as opposed to enraging her. I think that now she knows that Shiva is insecure but is at a loss at how to help him. Raavi has tried to tell him, but he isn't seeing her, he isn't hearing her, and she doesn't know how to make him do that without annoying him. #dobi raavi
I think if Shiva keeps at this, and Raavi were to have a breakdown, it would be alone. I don't think it has to be a massive cryfest even, it would be enough for her to just go silent, it would be even more effective if you ask me. For someone as lively as Raavi being silent and simply completing the routine of her life mechanically would be the brightest red alert she could give others that she is now tired, is now broken.
And when she realises what has happened to her, in a real life scenario, another suicide attempt is very much possible. Relapses are real with any mental health issue and suicidal tendencies are no joke....
But, who am I kidding, this is PS and they're probably going to make Raavi be the aadarsh bahurani, jo sab kuch sehen karegi aur parivaar bhi sambhaalegi.
P. S, there is a popular dialogue, saying in tamil, kaaya patta singathin moochu adhan garjanaiyai vida bayangaramaanadhu. It's popular in other languages too and means that the breath of a wounded lion is much more fearsome than it's roar. This is what Shiva is to me right now. A wounded lion, and therefore much more dangerous to Raavi's wellbeing