THE INVISIBLE CHILD

When basic needs went unmet in childhood, you learned to shrink your existence to fit what felt available 🥀. This survival adaptation taught you incredible self-reliance and resourcefulness—you became a tiny expert at making do with less. You developed an almost supernatural ability to sense when your needs might be too much for others to handle. But this childhood economics created a deep belief that your needs are inherently burdensome, leaving you to minimize yourself even when abundance surrounds you. Now you find yourself hoarding resources like a squirrel preparing for winter that never comes, and feeling genuinely surprised when people show up for you without expecting payment in return 💝.