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 “They think I’m less capable now that I’m back”, including the private rule underneath it: My skills, sharpness, and reputation degraded during the time I was away — and I'll never fully recover them. The cost of being gone is permanent damage to how I'm seen and how I actually perform.
QUIET
“They think I’m less capable now that I’m back” appears, but it rarely gets the final say. Keep this line available for higher-pressure moments: “The question came before the evidence. I'll wait for real feedback about my work before I decide I'm less capable.”
PRESENT
“They think I’m less capable now that I’m back” wins some small decisions before you catch it. Your useful interruption is: “Rust isn't corrosion. Specific tools come back fast when I use them again.”
ACTIVE
“They think I’m less capable now that I’m back” is shaping action often enough to deserve a deliberate counterexample. Start privately and concretely: Review one piece of work you completed this week and note what you had to look up, check twice, or redo. Compare it honestly to the actual final quality. Write down one thing that was correct on the first pass.
DOMINANT
Right now, “They think I’m less capable now that I’m back” is steering many of the moments you measured. That is a pattern reading, not a diagnosis or character verdict. Begin with one reversible receipt: Review one piece of work you completed this week and note what you had to look up, check twice, or redo. Compare it honestly to the actual final quality. Write down one thing that was correct on the first pass.