I have textbook middle child syndrome and it affects everything. Here's my pattern: [describe your role in family, how you got attention, relationships with siblings, patterns in adult life, and how it manifests now]. Map the middle child experience: invisible (had to fight for attention), peacemaker (managed family tension), independent (figured it out alone), and mediator (everyone's feelings but mine mattered). Identify what I learned: I'm only valuable if useful, conflict is dangerous, my needs are secondary, I have to earn love through performance, and drawing attention is bad. Then analyze how this plays out now: in relationships (do I always accommodate?), at work (do I stay invisible?), with friends (am I the peacekeeper?), and with myself (do I even know what I need?). Recognize the pattern: I'm still playing middle child in a family that doesn't exist anymore. Decode the gifts and curses: gifts (empathy, independence, conflict navigation, reading rooms, connecting with anyone), curses (invisible, accommodating, resentful, identity confusion, and waiting to be noticed). Create the liberation plan: the visibility practice (taking up space without guilt), the needs identification (I have them even if I'm trained to hide them), the spotlight tolerance building (being seen without squirming), the first-place claiming (putting myself first sometimes), the middle child story release (I'm not in that family system anymore), and the attention acceptance (I can want attention and it doesn't make me needy). Include: what I sacrificed to keep peace, who I became to be loved, and what happens if I finally take center stage.