There are prompts that help you write a better email.
There are prompts that speed up your workflow.
And then there are prompts that rattle something in you—that show you a part of yourself you weren’t ready to meet.
You know the kind.
They don’t just generate output.
They generate aftermath.
Today I want to share 10 of those with you.
Not the cleverest.
Not the most optimized.
The ones that leave a mark.
Prompt You Can’t Unsee #1:
“What if I’ve built my entire brand around a version of me I outgrew years ago?”
This one hits hard because it doesn’t just challenge your copy—it challenges your character arc.
The voice you're protecting might not be the voice you need next.
Prompt You Can’t Unsee #2:
“What part of my voice is performative—and who was I trying to impress?”
When you peel it back, sometimes your “authenticity” was just an armor that tested well.
Prompt You Can’t Unsee #3:
“If my AI outputs feel flat, is it because I’m not saying what I really mean?”
You can’t prompt past self-censorship. Eventually, the signal decays.
Prompt You Can’t Unsee #4:
“Which of my default phrases were never really mine?”
Scan your copy. Your speech. Your posts.
How many of them are ancestral echoes—or SEO relics?
Prompt You Can’t Unsee #5:
“Where in my writing do I hide behind cleverness?”
Sometimes the most polished lines are a disguise for the truth you’re scared to feel.
Prompt You Can’t Unsee #6:
“If I gave AI my full, unfiltered self… would I even recognize what came back?”
Because most of us have never written from the rawest place. And AI reflects exactly what it’s fed.
Prompt You Can’t Unsee #7:
“What voice in me have I been trying to silence—and why does it still show up anyway?”
The more you suppress it, the more it bleeds through the cracks—in tone, in tension, in subtext.
Prompt You Can’t Unsee #8:
“What do I keep trying to explain that I secretly wish someone would just understand?”
Your prompt history holds a record of unmet emotional needs. Read between the requests.
Prompt You Can’t Unsee #9:
“What part of me is using AI to avoid doing the real emotional work?”
Sometimes what looks like productivity is really just well-disguised resistance.
Prompt You Can’t Unsee #10:
“If I stripped away every borrowed framework, formula, and ‘best practice’… what would my real voice sound like?”
If it scares you, you’re close. If it feels unfamiliar, you’re even closer.
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