Do you feel like you disappear in dating, friendships, or at work?

Описание: Do you feel like a different version of yourself depending on who you’re with?
In dating, you’re “easygoing.”
At work, you overperform.
In friendships, you’re the strong one who never needs anything.
This isn’t a personality flaw. It’s a nervous system strategy.
In this episode of Masks Off, Kim Gross explores how self-abandonment, shapeshifting, over-functioning, hyper-responsibility, and hypervigilance develop as survival strategies to stay connected — and how they quietly cost you your true self.
If you struggle with people-pleasing, approval-seeking, anxiety in relationships, difficulty saying no, or feeling like you disappear to keep the peace… this episode is for you.
🧠 In This Episode, We Cover:
Why you feel like a different version of yourself in dating, work, and friendships
Self-abandonment as a trauma-informed nervous system response
The “low maintenance” mask (and what it’s really protecting)
Over-functioning and tying your worth to productivity
The “therapist friend” role and fear of being truly known
How fear of rejection and abandonment drive shapeshifting
How to stop disappearing and start taking up 5% more space
Reflection questions to begin healing these patterns
⏱️ Timestamps:
00:00 Why You Feel Like a Different Version of Yourself
00:40 What Masks Off Is Really About
02:09 Self-Abandonment Across Life Areas
03:04 Dating Masks & Fear of Not Being Chosen
08:11 “Low Maintenance” as a Mask
10:51 Resource: Digital Course
14:22 Work Mask: Over-Performing & Productivity = Worth
21:43 Friendship Mask: The Therapist Friend
27:02 Healing & The 5-Step Power Pathway
30:40 Take Up 5% More Space
32:41 Community + Q&A
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Where do you disappear the most — dating, work, or friendships?
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📚 Resources:
Digital Course: https://www.kimgrosscoaching.com/free...
Free to Be: A Pathway to Inner Liberation: https://www.amazon.com/Free-Be-Pathwa...
The 5-Step Power Pathway
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