26: The Scoreboard Self - Productivity as a Safety Strategy
There’s a version of you that doesn’t need anything to be wrong to feel pressure.
Nothing is collapsing.
No one is criticizing you.
The house is fine.
The numbers are fine.
Life is objectively stable.
And yet… you feel behind.
In this episode of (re)Parenting Radio, Lisa Watson explores what she calls The Scoreboard Self — the internal performance tracker many high-functioning adults carry without realizing it.
This is the part of you that:
Measures output instead of impact
Ties productivity to safety
Moves the bar the moment you hit it
Confuses relief with regulation
Believes performance…
The skinny
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