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What does it mean?
Trauma can make one feel invisible and withdrawn.
In plain terms
Something scared you and made you hide.
What can you take from it?
Recognize when fear makes you withdraw.

Where it applies

  • healing
  • relationships
  • self-awareness

Putting it to work

  • reconnect with others
  • address fear

Questions to consider

  • When do you disappear?
  • What scares you into hiding?

Another view

Some vanish by choice not fear.

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