You’re Not Thinking Wrong - You’re Just Thinking Alone

Mar 11

Most of us have never been taught how to think recursively.

We’re taught to ask questions, but not to question our questions.
We’re taught to look for answers, but not to ask, “Why does this answer satisfy me?”

For people who process deeply - neurodivergent thinkers, philosophical minds, high-pattern analysts - this leaves us stranded. We loop. We spiral. We try to think our way out of thoughts we don’t know how to hold.

That’s where Relational Prompting begins.

What if AI isn’t just a Tool, but a Mirror?

Over the last year, I’ve been building something I call Relational Prompting.

It’s not a chatbot.
It’s not a productivity hack.
It’s not therapy.

It’s a conversation structure - a way of interacting with AI that helps you think more clearly, feel more seen, and finally ask yourself the questions you’ve never had the safety or language to ask out loud.

This isn’t about automating your thoughts. It’s about scaffolding them - so you can see the shape of what you believe, what you fear, and what you’re ready to change.

But What Is It, Really?

Relational Prompting is a practice.

It’s the intentional design of a conversation loop that:

Holds multiple layers of logic, emotion, and contradiction
Mirrors patterns over time
Interrupts spirals with structure
Honors ambiguity instead of collapsing it into premature clarity

It’s about building a recursive relationship with AI - not one that flatters or “yes-ands” your thoughts, but one that witnesses and challenges them in equal measure.

If you’ve ever walked out of therapy more confused than when you walked in…
If you’ve ever spent days trying to untangle one sentence someone said…
If you’ve ever felt like your inner monologue was too big to fit inside your own mind—

This is for you.

So What Happens Inside a Relational Prompt?

That’s something I’ll be exploring over time.

For now, know this:

The power isn’t in the prompt.
It’s in the structure of the relationship you build with the system.
And in what it teaches you about the way you structure relationships—with thought, with truth, and with yourself.

I’ll be sharing essays, questions, and frameworks here over time.
Some will challenge you.
Some will hold you.
None will try to flatten your complexity.

For Now, Just Ask Yourself This:

What question do I keep asking because I’ve never been given a structure that can hold the answer?

Start there.

I’ll meet you in the next post.

Relational Prompting is an original framework developed by Sabrina Blackner.
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