The Golden Child Nervous System
This is the room where praise became performance. Where love meant staying bright, helpful, golden. Where stillness made you squirm and excellence became your leash.
The Golden child doesn't know there afraid. They just know they can't stop doing. They carry the family shrine while their body folds in silence. They are trusted, admired - and exhausted.
This room doesn't ask you to explain it. It asks if you can stay when you feel unremarkable. If you can choose yourself...without a standing ovation.
rest before you've earned it
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