09/17/2026
Someone gets close, and instead of letting them see you, you hand them the easiest version to love — not the tired one, not the scared one, not the real one.
There's a name for this: Hope Anxiety™. It's not that you don't want to be known. It's that some part of you learned the real you might be too much to keep — so you built someone easier to stay with instead.
Where are you editing yourself down to feel safe to love?
Start with the Hope Anxiety Assessment™ — link in bio.