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 playing not to get hurt instead of to win”, including the private rule underneath it: If I never put my body back in real contact, nothing else can happen to it — so staying untouched matters more right now than helping my team win, even if I'd never say that out loud.
QUIET
“I'm playing not to get hurt instead of to win” appears, but it rarely gets the final say. Keep this line available for higher-pressure moments: “Cleared to play means my body is ready for contact, not just ready to stand near it.”
PRESENT
“I'm playing not to get hurt instead of to win” wins some small decisions before you catch it. Your useful interruption is: “A safe touch that goes nowhere costs my team more than a drive that might not work.”
ACTIVE
“I'm playing not to get hurt instead of to win” is shaping action often enough to deserve a deliberate counterexample. Start privately and concretely: Rewatch one recent clip of a game or practice. Count how many times you had an open driving lane and passed it up instead. Write the number down privately.
DOMINANT
Right now, “I'm playing not to get hurt instead of to win” 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 one recent clip of a game or practice. Count how many times you had an open driving lane and passed it up instead. Write the number down privately.