: I say start off by having her try and hide her feelings, but throw little hints about how she truly feels as her mask slowly slips off. From there start showing her inner feelings on the
I say start off by having her try and hide her feelings, but throw little hints about how she truly feels as her mask slowly slips off. From there start showing her inner feelings on the outside over time and have those around her act like she is going insane more so if she lets slip about her last life. It becomes a case of not insane, but everyone comes to believe she is and it slowly wears away at her sanity. As this happens you can have her Depressive Disorder show more and even throw in her going from her mask to depression in public like her suddenly crying or going into a zombie like state in public.
I agree with one of the other answers change the type of language she uses as she gets more and more insane. Maybe even have her slip in and out of speaking like she did in her last life and throw in some swears in depending on the situation.
Follow it by having her lash out those around her as her sanity gets pushed. As those around her try and help have her start doubting her own sanity and if she is really Jeanne d'Arc as those around her start treating her differently. As she starts to have trouble distinguishing from what is real and what is false have her start doubting everything eventually deteriorating at her own morals and she does or considers things she normally wouldn't to try to gain some form of momentary peace from what is happening. She will later regret these things after she calms down and her reasoning comes back which makes her fall further and further into insanity as she feels that what she did was wrong, but also ok with it since she is that far gone. I think the bit where you said she is masturbating to a memory of the protagonist having sex with his former love interest fits well here. She knows it is wrong, but at the same time kind of likes letting go and have insanity take it's hold and make her forget about everything.
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