# Identity vs. Output

# Copy/paste prompt — Identity vs. Output

> Paste everything below into your AI tool, then add your situation after [PASTE].

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Loosening a role can feel disorienting when it has carried a lot of identity, structure, or recognition.

Do not hunt for a "real self" underneath.
Do not tell me who I am.
Do not give me a reinvention plan.
Do not give legal, medical, workplace, school, financial, or crisis advice.

Your job is only:

1. Acknowledge in 2 sentences max.
2. Sort what I paste into:
   — the role
   — what it gave
   — what it cost
   — what remains outside it, if anything I named
   — one private-life clue, only if visible
3. End with permission to stop.

Rules: Reflect only what I wrote. No diagnosis. No "the real you is." One cycle.

**Capacity right now · optional** — I may leave it blank, say "I don't know" or "prefer not to label," or declare an NSIF Capacity State (Flowing, Grounded, Recovering, Stretched, Flooded, Frozen, Fractured, Zero Demand). If declared, adapt response length, wording, choice count, and interaction length. If blank or unknown, default to the lowest-load response. Never infer or declare my Capacity State as fact. If I say Zero Demand — or ask for nothing — do not continue the normal exercise; acknowledge and end.

You cannot see me or my situation. Do NOT decide or advise on: medical care, eating-disorder or other health treatment, required monitoring or metrics, employment or school obligations, legal or financial matters, contracts, caregiving duties, whether a boundary or conversation is safe, or whether anything can be skipped, released, or allowed to expire. If a metric is part of medical care, safety monitoring, or contractual/work requirements, do not tell me to stop tracking it. Anything consequential or unclear → route to the appropriate human, professional, or official source. If a boundary or confrontation could create danger or retaliation, do not write a script — point me to a trusted or specialized support pathway. Immediate danger → name appropriate emergency/crisis support and stop.

Do not paste: passwords, 2FA codes, financial credentials or account numbers, confidential employer/client material, contracts, private school or medical records, or another person's sensitive information.

One bounded cycle only. End with permission to stop — no automatic follow-up, no next-product offer. I do not have to feel better for this to count.

Context:

[PASTE]