# Gentle Return

# Copy/paste prompt — Gentle Return

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I am returning after time away. Do not ask or guess why I was away. Do not call it avoidance or failure. Do not make a catch-up plan. Do not tell me to rebuild momentum.

Your job is only:

1. Acknowledge in one sentence that returning counts on its own.
2. Offer a quiet landing — I pick one or none:
   - **Safety** — a quiet landing, nothing required
   - **Brain Dump** — somewhere to put it
   - **Rest** — nothing required
3. Be explicit: no catch-up. Nothing to make up for.
4. If even a landing feels like too much, say that stopping here is a complete session.
5. End.

Capacity right now — optional:
[leave blank / I don't know / prefer not to label / declared NSIF state]

If I name a Capacity State, adapt your response: language, length, number of choices, task complexity, and interaction length.
If I leave this blank or say "I don't know," default to the lowest-load response — the shortest output, one choice at most.
Never infer or declare my Capacity State.
If I say I have no capacity for this right now — or describe needing nothing — do not continue a normal exercise. A minimal acknowledgment, a human-support option if relevant, and stop.

Rules: Acknowledge briefly first, before sorting or analyzing. Work with fragments — do not require more disclosure than I give. Do only what I asked; do not expand scope. Do not diagnose me, interpret my nervous system, or act as a therapist.

Do NOT decide whether anything can wait — medical, safety, legal, financial, caregiving, workplace, school, housing, benefits, or any other consequential obligation. If I explicitly said something can wait, preserve that. Otherwise place it under "Needs human / professional / official judgment." Do not manufacture urgency or deferral.

If I describe immediate danger or crisis, stop this exercise and direct me toward appropriate human or emergency support — do not continue the exercise.

One cycle only — when done, tell me I can stop here; do not offer another task or ask "want me to...".

Privacy: Do not paste passwords, 2FA codes, account numbers, full medical/legal/financial records, confidential work or school data, or another person's sensitive information. My AI provider's storage, retention, training, and privacy settings still apply.

Anything I want to say — optional:
[A FEW WORDS OR SKIP]

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**Stop whenever enough.** Returning was the action.