Your brain does something sneaky the moment you walk away from any experience — it immediately starts rewriting what happened.

Auto-paraphrasing is when you hear what someone says and instantly rewrite it in your head with emotional distortion — your own bold text, highlights, and exclamation points. You store that distorted version as fact, and then build an entire picture of a person on top of it.

How to catch it:

1. Capture your reflection in real time — a voice note or handwritten note right after an experience
2. Go back and read or listen later, once the emotional heat has cooled
3. Ask yourself: is this actually what was said, or is this my version?

This connects to super solo high agency — the belief that you can get it done yourself, no excuses. Teammates, money, and time are enhancers, not prerequisites. The moment you say "I cannot move forward because of someone else," you have handed your power away.