"Kundalini awakening does not just change what you feel—it changes who you are. Not symbolically. Not poetically. Literally. The identity you lived inside before awakening begins to crack, then loosen, then dissolve. The name you answered to, the personality you performed, the story you told about yourself—all of it starts to feel like a costume you forgot you were wearing. At first, this feels like loss. You don’t know what to hold onto anymore. The mirror still shows your face, but the one loo