the daily cost of masking is one thing. the accumulated cost is another - the effects that build so slowly you assume they're just who you are.
the aim: to see what masking has been costing you long-term - notice the pattern.
you get: a 4-page printable worksheet. a recognition checklist of medium and long-term impacts, reflection prompts, and space to write about what it's cost you.
by the end: you'll see your hidden load clearly, maybe for the first time - and have named it in your own words.
~best used between the two guides - after running on empty names the cost, before reclaiming our identity starts the identity work.
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