A Meditation For The Fear of Being Seen

Sculpting a human mind is a sacred art that should be done with dexterity. It’s rare when I meet someone whose parent’s were aware that what they said and didn’t say, did and didn’t do would shape energetic patterns into the wiring of their child’s being.

And so most of us live with unconscious observations that we treat like fixed facts of life. I remember having a conversation with friends and trying to articulate this phantom “getting in trouble” fear I lived with as an adult.

I think when we talk about being afraid to be seen, to take up space, to express ourselves we are harkening back to neural imprints living in our tissues. The body remembers even when the mind forgets.

Language is the tool I use to reanimate and transform those neural imprints. By my word, I am offering a perspective to step inside of. Should you choose to engage with your memory this perspective will allow you to explore, agitate or disable it.

The audio meditation below uses binaural frequency (10 HZ) to help you relax, so it’s best paired with headphones. Please use responsibly and particularly not while driving or operating machinery. Be gentle with your mind and give yourself time to process feelings and memories that may come up.

The Meditation 🎧 : The Punished Child

Journal Prompts For Extra Credit 🤓

These questions are designed to help you meet the part of yourself that learned it was risky to simply exist. By reflecting on them, you build a bridge to the version of you that shrank to survive + who still flinches at visibility, expression, or boldness.

✍️ What types of behaviors or emotions got you “in trouble” as a child?

✍️ What unspoken rules did you learn about safety, attention, or affection?

✍️ What part of yourself did you push down to stay in good standing?

✍️ When you got in trouble, what did you feel in your body?

✍️ What situations make you feel like you’re “about to get in trouble” now?

✍️ What parts of your personality do you still filter, hide, or edit?

✍️ How do you respond to authority figures, and where does that come from?

✍️ In what ways do you still seek permission to be yourself?

✍️ Where are you still waiting for approval that may never come?

✍️ What truth have you been swallowing that your body wants to speak?

✍️ If you didn’t fear getting in trouble, what would you do differently?