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Invisible Load Wheel: NSDS Interactive
Invisible Load Wheel
A brief self-inventory for clients and families · Creative Solutions Coaching, PLLC
What is invisible load? Invisible load is all the work your brain and body do that doesn't show up on a to-do list. It includes the thinking, planning, tracking, managing, and absorbing that happens constantly in the background. This load uses real capacity — cognitive, emotional, social, and physical — but because it's invisible, it's often unrecognized, unshared, and unaccounted for. When invisible load is high, your available capacity drops — even if nothing on your visible schedule has changed.
🔍 You're exploring the Demo Version
Categories 1 (Mental) and 2 (Emotional) are fully active. Check items and watch your live wheel update in real time. The full licensed version adds:
- All 5 load categories (Social, Logistical, and Sensory/Physical)
- Reflection Questions tab with auto-filled prompts from your scores
- In-Session clinician summary with narrative interpretation, pattern analysis, and session focus suggestions
- Personal mode with auto-save to device and personal summary
- Remote / Async mode with PIN-encrypted client delivery and decryption
- Print-ready summaries for clinical records
- Full accessibility settings (font size, dyslexic font, high contrast, and more)
How to Use This Demo
The thinking, planning, and tracking work that runs in the background — often invisible to others but constantly drawing on your cognitive capacity.
The emotional labor of managing feelings — your own and other people's — plus the effort it takes to stay regulated in demanding contexts.
Your Invisible Load Wheel Demo: 2 of 5 categories
The wheel fills in as you check items in each category. In the full version all 5 petals are visible — only Mental and Emotional are active here.
Reading Your Wheel
Largest petals = highest-demand areas
These are drawing the most capacity right now. Even small reductions in your highest-load area can free up meaningful capacity.
Multiple large petals = compounding load
When several categories score high simultaneously, the load compounds — accelerating capacity depletion beyond what any single score suggests.
Uneven wheels = hidden mismatch
A lopsided wheel points to a person-environment mismatch — where systemic changes, not just coping strategies, are most needed.
Compare over time
This tool is most powerful when used repeatedly. Comparing wheels from different weeks reveals which loads are chronic versus situational.
Full Wheel & Summary Locked in Demo
The complete tool adds three more load categories, guided reflection questions, and full clinical or personal summaries.
- Social Load — masking, impression management, relational effort, recovery from social demands
- Logistical Load — household management, administrative tasks, scheduling, financial coordination
- Sensory / Physical Load — chronic pain, fatigue, sensory environments, medication management
- Reflection Questions — 5 guided prompts auto-filled from your scores
- Clinician Summary — narrative interpretation, pattern analysis, session focus suggestions, per-category clinical notes
- Remote / Async mode — PIN-encrypted client delivery with clinician decryption
- Personal mode — auto-save with personal summary and print
