SCRIPT CHECK · 60 SECONDS
Five quick questions show how often it appears, how believable it feels, and what it makes you avoid. You’ll get one private next step.
This is not a diagnosis and there is no pass or fail. It measures the current frequency, credibility, and behavioral cost of “I'm not the same player since the injury”, including the private rule underneath it: If I move differently now, it's because I am different—weaker, slower, less trustworthy. And since I'm scared to find out how much, I don't actually test it; I just assume the worst and adjust down.
QUIET
“I'm not the same player since the injury” appears, but it rarely gets the final say. Keep this line available for higher-pressure moments: “The fear of reinjury is real and normal. Whether I've actually lost a step is a separate question—one I can ask my body and my performance data, not just my anxiety.”
PRESENT
“I'm not the same player since the injury” wins some small decisions before you catch it. Your useful interruption is: “My clearance means my body passed the tests. My hesitation is not a symptom; it's a choice I'm making in real time, and I can make a different one.”
ACTIVE
“I'm not the same player since the injury” is shaping action often enough to deserve a deliberate counterexample. Start privately and concretely: Rewatch 60 seconds of tape from a game or practice and note one thing you did well—decision, execution, timing—without editing it into proof of decline or recovery. Write it down.
DOMINANT
Right now, “I'm not the same player since the injury” is steering many of the moments you measured. That is a pattern reading, not a diagnosis or character verdict. Begin with one reversible receipt: Rewatch 60 seconds of tape from a game or practice and note one thing you did well—decision, execution, timing—without editing it into proof of decline or recovery. Write it down.