Disappearing means losing connection to your own presence. When you were not seen, not heard, not recognizedâyou learned that you do not fully exist. Now you feel translucent, temporary, like you could vanish and no one would notice. You are technically present but experientially fading.
Living while disappearing means feeling transient in your own life, temporary even to yourself, unsure if you really exist.
Reclaiming presence means allowing yourself to take up space, being seen even when visibility feels dangerous, proving to yourself that you exist.
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Content informed by trauma research, polyvagal theory (Stephen Porges), somatic experiencing (Peter Levine), and nervous system regulation studies. For comprehensive citations and further reading, see Unfiltered Wisdom: The Book.
About the Author
Robert Greene is the author and founder of Unfiltered Wisdom, a US Navy veteran, and a trauma survivor with over 10 years of experience in nervous system regulation and somatic healing. He is certified in Yoga for Meditation from the Yogic School of Mystic Arts (Dharamsala, India, 2016) and affiliated with Holistic Veterans, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit serving veterans in Santa Cruz, California.