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Library.

Everything written here, in one place. All of it is free to read in full — the books included. Paying buys the artifact: a PDF, its workbook, something you can keep and mark up. It never buys access.

27 modules across three books, 74 papers, and the vocabulary underneath both. One idea runs through all of it: a system has a ground state, everything else is displacement, and displacement costs something to hold.

The books

27 modules · 141 pages

Three textbooks reading mind, perception and design through the one idea. Every lesson is on this site, in full, at no cost. The price is for the book and its workbook.

Phronesis MindDisplacement + Coherence10 modules · 54pp · $30

Anxiety, trauma, fear, flow and therapy read as one problem: how far a mind sits from its ground state, and what it is paying to stay there.

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Attention & ConsciousnessThe Gateway to Perception9 modules · 46pp · $99

Attention, prediction, memory, language and insight — the cognitive machinery underneath, treated as ground states and the cost of leaving them.

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Phronesis DesignThe user's ground state, and what an interface costs8 modules · 41pp · $20

Design as displacement management: what an interface costs the person using it, why glitches read as they do, and how to price the work.

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all three, and the workbooks →

The papers

74 of them

Working notes and formal papers. Most take a claim from an outside literature, grant its true kernel, and correct where it over-reaches — so a fair number end up weaker than they started, which is the point rather than an accident.

every paper

the archive, read off the directory so it cannot drift from what exists.

the principles

the same papers filed under the claims they argue for. Each principle is a sentence that could be wrong — which is what a topic label can never be.

The vocabulary

Ground state, displacement, coherence, the Fiedler value — defined once, in one place, so the books and the papers can lean on the same words without redefining them each time.

the dictionary

the shared terms, defined once.

the research hub

papers, notes, the vocabulary, and the live instruments that test them.

The deposited index

891 entries · 971 records

Work deposited on Zenodo — one condition per paper, read through the framework. It is a reference work rather than a reading list, so it is filed as one: alphabetical by what the paper is about, with the mode beside it. Chronic Lateness is under L. Each entry now has a page here carrying its abstract and its DOI — the paper itself stays on Zenodo. The 71 standalone works are on /papers.

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Abandonment Schema — as relational-catastrophe wrong attractorAbsolute Pitch — as ground-state accessAbstraction-Preference · chronic — as concrete-avoidance wrong attractorAccountability-Avoidance · compulsive — as responsibility-terror wrong attractorAcedia — as motivational-void wrong attractorAchievement Anxiety — as success-sabotage wrong attractorAchievement-Dependency · chronic — as conditional-worth wrong attractorAcquired Brain Injury — as ground state erasureAddiction — as false ground stateAddiction — as wrong attractor deepeningAddiction Relapse — as wrong attractor returnAddiction Withdrawal — as wrong attractor exit costADHD — as attentional ground state variabilityAdjustment Disorder — as stressor-locked displacementAdverse Childhood Experiences — as developmental landscape deformationAdvice-Giving · compulsive — as witnessing-avoidance wrong attractorAdvice-Seeking · chronic — as decision-outsourcing wrong attractorAdvice-Seeking · compulsive — as decision-outsourcing wrong attractorAesthetic Perfectionism · chronic — as spatial-ordering wrong attractorAffect-Flattening · compulsive — as vulnerability-neutralization wrong attractorAffluenza — as wealth-insulation wrong attractorAgenda-Hiding · compulsive — as motive-concealment wrong attractorAgenda-Setting · chronic — as control-through-structure wrong attractorAging — as irreversible displacementAgoraphobia — as progressive spatial wrong attractorAI — as amplified intelligenceAlexithymia — as emotional displacement blindnessAlienated Labor — as displacement from craft ground stateAltruism · pathological — as other-directed escape wrong attractorAlzheimer's Disease — as neurological ground state erosionAlzheimer's Disease — as silent displacement accumulationAmbient Guilt · chronic — as objectless-culpability wrong attractorAmbition-Concealment · chronic — as envy-avoidance wrong attractorAmbivalence Entrenchment — as commitment-foreclosure wrong attractorAmygdala — as jaw door openerAnalysis · compulsive — as certainty-pursuit wrong attractorAnalysis-Paralysis · chronic — as certainty-before-action wrong attractorAnger — as acute displacement peakAnger-Concealment · chronic — as emotional-suppression wrong attractorAnhedonia — as reward-circuit wrong attractorAnimal Migration — as seasonal displacement navigationAnorexia Nervosa — as ego-syntonic wrong attractorAnosmia — as olfactory ground state disruptionAntibiotic Resistance — as microbiome displacementAnticipatory Disappointment · chronic — as pre-loss wrong attractorAnticipatory Grief — as pre-loss wrong attractorAnxiety — as the signature of displacementAnxiety Disorders — as anticipated displacement wrong attractorsAnxious Attachment — as hyperactivated-bond wrong attractorAphasia — as language ground state destructionApologizing · compulsive — as self-erasure wrong attractorApology-Refusal · compulsive — as pride-brittleness wrong attractorApproval Delay · chronic — as intrinsic-worth wrong attractorApproval-Addiction · chronic — as external-worth wrong attractorApproval-Checking · chronic — as permission-seeking wrong attractorApproval-Cycling · chronic — as validation-dependency wrong attractorApproval-Rehearsing · chronic — as acceptance-simulation wrong attractorApproval-Seeking · chronic — as conditional-worth wrong attractorArchitecture — as displacement encodingArchitecture — as displacement fieldArgument-Winning · compulsive — as truth-subordination wrong attractorAttachment Anxiety — as hyperactivated attachment wrong attractorAttachment to Emotionally Unavailable Partners — as familiarity-of-deprivation wrong attractorAttention — as displacementAttention-Seeking Behavior — as recognition-deficit wrong attractorAutism — as constitutional hygiene-resistanceAutism — as neurodevelopmental ground state divergenceAutism — as alternative ground state architectureAutism Masking — as sustained displacement costAutistic Burnout — as masking-overload wrong attractorAvoidant Attachment — as deactivated-bond wrong attractorAvoidant Personality Disorder — as social desert wrong attractorAvoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder — as sensory-safety wrong attractorAwe — as ground state expansionAwe-Suppression · chronic — as wonder-foreclosure wrong attractor

B

Bargain-Hunting · compulsive — as value-anxiety wrong attractorBetrayal Trauma — as relational trust wrong attractorBetrayal-Vigilance · chronic — as trust-foreclosure wrong attractorBiological Aging — as accumulated displacementBipolar Disorder — as bifurcated wrong attractorBipolar Disorder — as dual wrong attractor systemBitterness · chronic — as injustice-consolidation wrong attractorBlame-Absorption · chronic — as over-responsibility wrong attractorBlame-Deflecting · chronic — as responsibility-avoidance wrong attractorBlushing — as real-time social displacement signalBody Catastrophizing · chronic — as somatic-threat wrong attractorBody Dysmorphic Disorder — as perceived-defect wrong attractorBody Dysmorphic Disorder — as perceptual wrong attractorBody-Checking · compulsive — as appearance-anxiety-amplification wrong attractorBody-Focused Repetitive Behaviors — as sensory wrong attractorsBody-Monitoring · compulsive — as somatic-vigilance wrong attractorBorderline Personality Disorder — as dynamic ground state instabilityBoredom — as engagement ground state displacementBoredom · chronic — as engagement-deficit wrong attractorBoredom-Performance · chronic — as engagement-refusal wrong attractorBoundary Dissolution · chronic — as self-loss wrong attractorBoundary-Announcing · compulsive — as armor-display wrong attractorBoundary-Assertion · compulsive — as connection-prevention wrong attractorBoundary-Dissolution · compulsive — as self-loss wrong attractorBoundary-Proclamation · chronic — as limit-avoidance wrong attractorBoundary-Testing · compulsive — as containment-seeking wrong attractorBreath — as the missing channelBullying — as social displacement forcingBurnout — as chronic depletion wrong attractorBurnout — as occupational wrong attractorBusyness · chronic — as presence-avoidance wrong attractorBusyness · performative — as rest-intolerance wrong attractorBuying · compulsive — as acquisition-relief wrong attractorBystander Diffusion — as responsibility-dilution wrong attractorBystander Posture · chronic — as involvement-avoidance wrong attractor

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Cancer — as metabolic reversionCapgras Syndrome — as identity wrong attractorCareer-Path Regret · chronic — as vocational-road-not-taken wrong attractorCaregiver Burnout — as sustained displacement accumulationCaretaker Fatigue · chronic — as self-sacrifice wrong attractorCaretaking · compulsive — as vicarious-control wrong attractorCaretaking of Unavailable People · compulsive — as rescue-fantasy wrong attractorCatastrophe-Rehearsal · compulsive — as danger-preparation wrong attractorCatastrophising — as worst-case attractorCatastrophizing · chronic — as worst-case simulation wrong attractorCatastrophizing · compulsive — as worst-case-preparation wrong attractorCategorizing · compulsive — as reality-reduction wrong attractorCaveat-Adding · compulsive — as certainty-avoidance wrong attractorCeliac Disease — as dietary landscape exclusionCertainty-Performance · compulsive — as doubt-concealment wrong attractorCertainty-Projecting · chronic — as confidence-performance wrong attractorCharitable Interpretation · compulsive — as harm-minimization wrong attractorChecking-In · compulsive — as proximity-anxiety wrong attractorChildhood Emotional Neglect — as invisible-wound wrong attractorChronophobia — as temporal-dread wrong attractorCircadian DisplacementClimate Anxiety — as anticipatory biospheric displacementClimate Grief — as ecological ground state lossClinical Perfectionism — as self-evaluation wrong attractorClosure-Compulsion · chronic — as incompleteness-intolerance wrong attractorCodependency — as other-focused-self wrong attractorCoercive Control — as autonomy-annihilation wrong attractorCognitive Rigidity · chronic — as certainty-preservation wrong attractorCollecting · compulsive — as completeness-seeking wrong attractorColonialism — as indigenous ground state destructionComfort Zone · chronic — as growth-avoidance wrong attractorComfort-Seeking · chronic — as discomfort-flight wrong attractorComparison Shopping · compulsive — as option-exhaustion wrong attractorComparison-Making · compulsive — as relativization wrong attractorCompetitive Orientation · compulsive — as win-lose frame wrong attractorComplaining · chronic — as grievance-rehearsal wrong attractorComplaining · compulsive — as grievance-amplification wrong attractorComplaint-Cycling · chronic — as grievance-rehearsal wrong attractorCompletion Compulsion — as sunk-cost wrong attractorComplex PTSD — as developmental landscape deformationCompliment-Deflection · chronic — as positive-regard wrong attractorCompliment-Seeking · compulsive — as external-validation wrong attractorCondescension · chronic — as superiority-assumption wrong attractorConfessing · compulsive — as guilt-discharge wrong attractorConfession · compulsive — as over-disclosure wrong attractorConfession · compulsive — as guilt-management wrong attractorConflict Avoidance · chronic — as assertiveness-deficit wrong attractorConflict-Avoidance · compulsive — as peace-at-any-cost wrong attractorConflict-Escalation · chronic — as dominance-assertion wrong attractorConnection-Creating · compulsive — as meaning-manufacturing wrong attractorConsciousness — as displacement self-knowledgeConspiracy Theories — as epistemic wrong attractorsConsume-Not-Create · chronic — as output-aversion wrong attractorContact-Reestablishment · chronic — as closure-resistance wrong attractorContext-Loading · chronic — as comprehension-anxiety wrong attractorContrarianism · compulsive — as autonomy-defense wrong attractorConversational Digression · compulsive — as thread-loss wrong attractorConversational Topic-Hijacking · chronic — as self-relevance-filter wrong attractorCooking — as displacement managementCorrection · compulsive — as error-intolerance wrong attractorCotard's Delusion — as nihilistic wrong attractorCounter-Dependence · compulsive — as radical-self-sufficiency wrong attractorCredential-Collecting · compulsive — as legitimacy-seeking wrong attractorCredentialing · compulsive — as legitimacy-seeking wrong attractorCredit-Claiming · compulsive — as attribution-distortion wrong attractorCrisis-Manufacturing · chronic — as aliveness-simulation wrong attractorCuriosity — as epistemic displacement driveCystic Fibrosis — as multi-layer displacementCystic Fibrosis — as intertissue sweating dysregulation

D

Dark Night of the Soul — as spiritual ground state dissolutionDaydreaming · chronic — as present-escape wrong attractorDeath — as absorbing stateDeath Anxiety — as existential wrong attractorDebate · compulsive — as rightness-compulsion wrong attractorDebating · compulsive — as intellectual-dominance wrong attractorDebt — as displacement accumulation deviceDecision Fatigue — as choice-capacity wrong attractorDecision Paralysis — as choice-architecture wrong attractorDecluttering · compulsive — as clarity-through-elimination wrong attractorDefensive Pessimism — as negative-expectation wrong attractorDefensiveness · chronic — as threat-reading wrong attractorDeferral · chronic — as open-option compulsion wrong attractorDeflecting · chronic — as accountability-avoidance wrong attractorDeforestation — as ecological ground state destructionDelegating · compulsive — as responsibility-avoidance wrong attractorDemand Avoidance · pathological — as autonomy ground state defenseDementia — as progressive ground state dissolutionDemocracy — as political ground stateDependent Personality Disorder — as autonomy-foreclosure wrong attractorDepersonalization-Derealization Disorder — as affective detachment wrong attractorDepersonalization-Derealization Disorder — as ground state inaccessibilityDepression — as stuck displacementDepressive Rumination — as cognitive wrong attractorDevil's Advocacy · compulsive — as contrarian-engagement wrong attractorDevil's-Advocating · compulsive — as disagreement-performance wrong attractorDiagnosing of Others · compulsive — as relational-distance wrong attractorDichotomous Thinking — as complexity-avoidance wrong attractorDigital Distraction · chronic — as present-moment-avoidance wrong attractorDigital Hoarding — as virtual-accumulation wrong attractorDigital Hoarding · chronic — as scarcity-simulation wrong attractorDigital-Consumption · chronic — as passive-input wrong attractorDigital-Curation · chronic — as identity-construction wrong attractorDisappointment · chronic — as frustrated-expectation wrong attractorDisaster-Preparedness · compulsive — as catastrophe-preemption wrong attractorDisclaiming · compulsive — as liability-minimization wrong attractorDiscomfort-Intolerance · chronic — as growth-prevention wrong attractorDisorganized Attachment — as approach-avoidance wrong attractorDisplaced Anger · chronic — as target-substitution wrong attractorDissociation — as self-continuity displacementDissociative Identity Disorder — as polyfragmented wrong attractor landscapeDissociative Identity Disorder — as structural self-fragmentationDistancing · chronic — as intimacy-terror wrong attractorDistraction-Seeking · chronic — as internal-silence aversion wrong attractorDocumenting · compulsive — as experience-mediation wrong attractorDoomerism — as catastrophe-lock wrong attractorDoomscrolling — as threat-monitoring wrong attractorDoomscrolling · chronic — as threat-vigilance wrong attractorDopamine-Scaling GameDrama Addiction — as chaos-seeking wrong attractorDramatizing · compulsive — as significance-seeking wrong attractorDreams — as displacement reprocessingDyscalculia — as numerical ground state deficitDyslexia — as phonological ground state inaccessibility

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Early Arrival · compulsive — as punctuality-anxiety wrong attractorEating Disorders — as body image wrong attractorsEcology — as displacementEmbarrassment Rumination — as social-shame wrong attractorEmotional Avoidance — as experience-refusal wrong attractorEmotional Blackmail — as coercive-compliance wrong attractorEmotional Blunting · chronic — as affect-suppression wrong attractorEmotional Contagion Dysregulation — as boundary-dissolution wrong attractorEmotional Cutoff — as fusion-avoidance wrong attractorEmotional Detachment · chronic — as glass-wall wrong attractorEmotional Detachment · chronic — as intimacy-avoidance wrong attractorEmotional Dysregulation — as impaired return-path capacityEmotional Eating · chronic — as affect-regulation-through-consumption wrong attractorEmotional Flashbacks — as c-ptsd's wrong attractor activationEmotional Flashbacks in Complex PTSD — as affective time-displacement wrong attractorEmotional Flooding · chronic — as affect-modulation wrong attractorEmotional Labor · chronic — as authenticity-suppression wrong attractorEmotional Labor Exhaustion — as chronic affective depletion wrong attractorEmotional Management of Others · compulsive — as relational-control wrong attractorEmotional Numbing · chronic — as affect-avoidance wrong attractorEmotional Numbness — as affect-shutdown wrong attractorEmotional Outsourcing · chronic — as self-regulation dependency wrong attractorEmotional Over-Sharing · compulsive — as containment-avoidance wrong attractorEmotional Reasoning — as affect-reality confusion wrong attractorEmotional Self-Neglect — as needs-suppression wrong attractorEmotional Suppression — as affect-regulation wrong attractorEmotional Suppression · chronic — as stoic-compulsion wrong attractorEmotional Unavailability — as presence-without-contact wrong attractorEmotional Uneventfulness · chronic — as affective-flatness wrong attractorEmotional Withholding · chronic — as relational-power wrong attractorEmpathy-Broadcasting · compulsive — as emotional-status wrong attractorEmptiness · chronic — as affective ground state erosionEndocannabinoid System — as intrinsic displacement bufferEndometriosis — as cyclical displacement accumulationEnmeshment — as individuation-blocking relational wrong attractorEntitlement — as reciprocity-exemption wrong attractorEntitlement · chronic — as grievance-maintenance wrong attractorEnvy · chronic — as comparative diminishment wrong attractorEnvy-Concealment · chronic — as moral-purity wrong attractorEnvy-Expression · compulsive — as social-bonding wrong attractorEpigenetics — as heritable displacement encodingEpilepsy — as runaway excitatory displacementEpistemic Cowardice — as truth-avoidance wrong attractorErotomania — as delusional love wrong attractorEvolution — as displacement optimizationExcessive Caution · chronic — as risk-intolerance wrong attractorExcessive Context-Giving · compulsive — as comprehension-insurance wrong attractorExcitement-Performing · chronic — as enthusiasm-faking wrong attractorExercise — as controlled displacement-returnExercise — as hormetic displacementExistential Crisis — as meaning-collapse wrong attractorExperience-Documentation · compulsive — as mediated-living wrong attractorExperiential Avoidance — as psychological flexibility wrong attractorExpertise-Signaling · compulsive — as competence-performance wrong attractorExplanation-Seeking · compulsive — as causal-certainty wrong attractorExternal Validation Dependency — as identity-outsourcing wrong attractor

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Fact-Checking · compulsive — as certainty-seeking wrong attractorFairness Monitoring · compulsive — as equity-compulsion wrong attractorFairness-Policing · compulsive — as justice-obsession wrong attractorFalse-Urgency Creating · chronic — as importance-signaling wrong attractorFamily Estrangement — as protective ground state exitFantasizing About Leaving · chronic — as commitment-avoidance wrong attractorFantasy Bonding — as intimacy-substitution wrong attractorFasting — as metabolic ground state navigationFawn Response — as self-erasure wrong attractorFear of Being a Burden — as need-shame wrong attractorFear of Disappointing Others — as authentic-responsiveness wrong attractorFear of Failure — as achievement-avoidance wrong attractorFear of Intimacy — as vulnerability-blocking wrong attractorFear of Merger — as connection-avoidance wrong attractorFear of Missing Out — as scarcity-of-life wrong attractorFear of Ordinariness — as specialness-compulsion wrong attractorFear of Success — as achievement-ceiling wrong attractorFearbaseFermentation — as the first refusalFibromyalgia — as central sensitization wrong attractorFinger-Pointing · compulsive — as accountability-deflection wrong attractorFixing · compulsive — as discomfort-intolerance wrong attractorFlattery · chronic — as relational-manipulation wrong attractorFlattery · compulsive — as approval-purchasing wrong attractorFolie à Deux — as interpersonal wrong attractor transmissionFood Guilt — as dietary-transgression wrong attractorForced Migration — as ground state destruction and the refugee as displaced systemForced Optimism · compulsive — as reality-denial wrong attractorForced Positivity · compulsive — as negative-emotion suppression wrong attractorForced Positivity · compulsive — as negative-emotion-denial wrong attractorForced Social Smiling — as affect-masking wrong attractorForgiveness — as displacement releaseFriendship Caretaking · compulsive — as asymmetric-devotion wrong attractorFrugality · compulsive — as scarcity-entrenchment wrong attractorFunctional Neurological Disorder — as psychogenic wrong attractorFuture-Anxiety · chronic — as present-moment-displacement wrong attractorFuture-Projecting · chronic — as present-escape wrong attractorFuture-Scripting · compulsive — as uncertainty-intolerance wrong attractorFuture-Self Comparison · chronic — as becoming-trap wrong attractorFuture-Self Fantasy · compulsive — as present-life wrong attractor

H

Hair — as displacement record and social tokenHealth — as displacementHealth Anxiety — as reassurance-seeking wrong attractorHealth Monitoring · compulsive — as symptom-surveillance wrong attractorHealth-Optimization · compulsive — as bodily-control wrong attractorHealth-Tracking · compulsive — as wellness-surveillance wrong attractorHedging · chronic — as position-commitment wrong attractorHelicopter Parenting — as over-control wrong attractorHelp-Refusal · chronic — as autonomy-protection wrong attractorHelpfulness · compulsive — as self-neglect-through-serving wrong attractorHelpfulness · performative — as visibility-seeking wrong attractorHelplessness · chronic — as agency-collapse wrong attractorHIV/AIDS — as immune ground state displacementHIV/AIDS — as irreversible immune ground state displacementHoarding Disorder — as acquisition wrong attractorHomelessness — as cascading ground state collapseHope — as future ground state gradientHopelessness — as future-foreclosure wrong attractorHuman HolobiontHumblebragging · compulsive — as indirect-status-signaling wrong attractorHumility-Performance · chronic — as covert-superiority wrong attractorHumor — as displacement reliefHygiene Protest in Autism — as displaced embodied autonomyHyper-Independence · compulsive — as help-refusal wrong attractorHyperindependence — as compulsive-autonomy wrong attractorHypermoralism — as moral-superiority wrong attractorHypervigilance — as threat-scanning wrong attractorHypervigilance About Others · chronic — as threat-anticipation wrong attractor

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Idea-Hoarding · chronic — as creative-capture wrong attractorIdealization-Collapse Cycle · chronic — as moderate-assessment wrong attractorIdentity Foreclosure — as premature-commitment wrong attractorIdentity Shapeshifting · chronic — as authentic-self wrong attractorIdentity-Defending · chronic — as self-concept rigidity wrong attractorIdentity-Shifting · chronic — as self-dissolution wrong attractorIllness Anxiety Disorder — as catastrophic health wrong attractorImmunological Memory — as learned returnImmunosenescence — as immune ground state erosionImpatience · chronic — as temporal-intolerance wrong attractorImposter Syndrome — as credential-denial wrong attractorImpostor Syndrome — as achievement-identity disconnectionImproved TofuImpulse Buying · compulsive — as stimulus-novelty wrong attractorInauthenticity Vigilance · chronic — as trust-foreclosure wrong attractorInbox Checking · compulsive — as notification-dependency wrong attractorInbox-Zeroing · compulsive — as control-through-correspondence wrong attractorIncarceration — as enforced displacementIncarceration — as institutionalized forced displacementIndecision · chronic — as choice-deferral wrong attractorIndecisiveness · chronic — as decision-avoidance wrong attractorIndefinite Article — as discourse displacement markerIndirect Need Expression · chronic — as direct-request wrong attractorInfant — as epistemic groundInfertility — as identity ground state disruptionInflammation — as displacement signalInformation-Hoarding · chronic — as knowledge-control wrong attractorInformation-Seeking · compulsive — as uncertainty-relief-through-googling wrong attractorInsomnia — as nocturnal displacement accumulationInsulin Resistance — as signal deafnessIntellectual Arrogance — as epistemic-superiority wrong attractorIntellectualization · chronic — as cognitive-defense wrong attractorIntellectualization · compulsive — as affect-bypass wrong attractorIntellectualizing · compulsive — as emotion-avoidance wrong attractorIntermittent Availability — as push-pull attachment wrong attractorIntermittent Explosive Disorder — as rage wrong attractorInteroception — as ground state readingInterpersonal Favor-Tracking · compulsive — as relational-ledger wrong attractorInterpreting · compulsive — as meaning-manufacture wrong attractorInterrupting · compulsive — as presence-assertion wrong attractorInterrupting · compulsive — as presence-seizure wrong attractorInterviewing · compulsive — as intimacy-avoidance wrong attractorIntimate Partner Violence — as coercive wrong attractorInvisibility-Seeking · chronic — as safety-through-disappearance wrong attractorInvulnerability-Performance · compulsive — as strength-signal wrong attractorIrony · compulsive — as sincerity-protection wrong attractor

M

Magical Thinking — as causal-distortion wrong attractorMaladaptive Daydreaming — as immersive fantasy wrong attractorMalicious Envy — as comparison-hostile wrong attractorMartyrdom · chronic — as resentment-accumulation wrong attractorMartyrdom Complex — as self-sacrifice wrong attractorMartyrdom Complex — as sacrificial identity wrong attractorMasculine Emotional Suppression — as vulnerability-prohibition wrong attractorME/CFS — as energy wrong attractorMeaning-Making · compulsive — as uncertainty-elimination wrong attractorMeaning-Seeking · compulsive — as existential-anxiety wrong attractorMeditation — as deliberate ground state returnMeditation — as displacement return technologyMemory Hoarding · compulsive — as present-relationship wrong attractorMenopause — as hormonal ground state transitionMicro-Managing · compulsive — as control-through-oversight wrong attractorMicromanaging · chronic — as control-through-surveillance wrong attractorMicroplastics — as biospheric displacementMicroplastics and PFAS — as irreversible systemic displacementMidlife Crisis — as identity-continuity wrong attractorMinimalism · compulsive — as reduction-as-end-in-itself wrong attractorMinimization · chronic — as self-effacement wrong attractorMinimization · compulsive — as self-diminishment wrong attractorMinimizing · compulsive — as achievement-concealment wrong attractorMirroring · compulsive — as authenticity-suppression wrong attractorMiscarriage — as pregnancy ground state collapseMisophonia — as auditory-trigger wrong attractorMitochondria — as ground state guardiansMoney — as displacement tokenMonologuing · compulsive — as connection-avoidance wrong attractorMoral Cowardice — as conflict-avoidance wrong attractorMoral Indignation · chronic — as righteousness-performance wrong attractorMoral Injury — as shattered moral world wrong attractorMoral Licensing — as virtue-credit wrong attractorMoral Rigidity — as rule-adherence wrong attractorMoral Scorekeeping · compulsive — as inner-trial wrong attractorMoralizing · compulsive — as superiority-maintenance wrong attractorMorbid Jealousy — as possession-threat wrong attractorMorbid Jealousy — as relational surveillance wrong attractorMultiple Sclerosis — as myelin ground state erosionMultitasking · compulsive — as attention-fragmentation wrong attractorMultitasking · compulsive — as parallel-presence wrong attractorMusical Mastery — as s0 construction through deliberate displacementMyalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome — as post-infectious energy wrong attractorMycelium — as displacement infrastructure

N

Name-Dropping · compulsive — as reflected-glory wrong attractorName-Dropping · compulsive — as social-capital-display wrong attractorName-Repeating · compulsive — as rapport-simulation wrong attractorNarcissistic Injury — as grandiosity ground state disruptionNarcissistic Personality Disorder — as fixed wrong attractorNarrative Entrapment — as life-story wrong attractorNarrative Ownership · compulsive — as history-control wrong attractorNasal Breathing, Fear Extinction, and Memory EncodingNavel-Gazing · compulsive — as excessive-self-focus wrong attractorNeed-Concealment · chronic — as vulnerability-protection wrong attractorNeed-for-Last-Word · chronic — as closure-control wrong attractorNetworking · compulsive — as connection-simulation wrong attractorNeuroplasticity — as ground state migrationNews-Checking · compulsive — as catastrophe-monitoring wrong attractorNews-Monitoring · chronic — as threat-vigilance wrong attractorNight Eating Syndrome — as circadian-affective wrong attractorNitpicking · chronic — as flaw-detection-priority wrong attractorNoise-Avoidance · chronic — as stimulation-flight wrong attractorNomophobia — as digital-tether wrong attractorNostalgia — as temporal ground state displacementNostalgia · compulsive — as past-idealization wrong attractorNostalgia · pathological — as past-idealization wrong attractorNostalgia Trap — as temporal-displacement wrong attractorNostalgia-Looping · chronic — as past-idealization wrong attractorNostalgic Fixation · chronic — as past-refuge wrong attractorNote-Taking · compulsive — as memory-distrust wrong attractorNovelty-Seeking · compulsive — as familiarity-aversion wrong attractor

O

Obesity — as metabolic ground state displacementObstructive Pulmonary Disease · chronic — as irreversible respiratory landscape destructionOCD — as self-amplifying wrong attractor loopOne-Upmanship · chronic — as comparative-diminishment wrong attractorOpinion-Broadcasting · compulsive — as influence-seeking wrong attractorOpinion-Polling · compulsive — as consensus-dependency wrong attractorOrdinary-Terror · chronic — as specialness-compulsion wrong attractorOrganic AttractionOther-Fixing · compulsive — as caretaking-as-control wrong attractorOver-Availability · chronic — as boundary-erasure wrong attractorOver-Commitment · chronic — as capacity-overreach wrong attractorOver-Disclosure · compulsive — as pseudo-intimacy wrong attractorOver-Explaining · chronic — as approval-insurance wrong attractorOver-Giving · chronic — as self-erasure-through-generosity wrong attractorOver-Monitoring · compulsive — as trust-deficit wrong attractorOver-Planning · chronic — as uncertainty-elimination wrong attractorOver-Preparing · compulsive — as performance-anxiety wrong attractorOver-Responsibility for Others' Feelings · chronic — as emotional-causation wrong attractorOver-Scheduling · chronic — as time-maximization wrong attractorOver-Scheduling · compulsive — as stillness-avoidance wrong attractorOver-Sensitivity · chronic — as threat-amplification wrong attractorOver-Sharing · chronic — as intimacy-acceleration wrong attractorOvercommitment · chronic — as boundary-collapse wrong attractorOvercommunication · compulsive — as anxiety-management-through-contact wrong attractorOverdelivering · compulsive — as adequacy-proving wrong attractorOverexplaining · chronic — as justification-compulsion wrong attractorOverpreparation · chronic — as insufficiency-terror wrong attractorOverpromising · chronic — as commitment-inflation wrong attractorOverreacting · chronic — as proportionality-collapse wrong attractorOversharing · chronic — as intimacy-compulsion wrong attractorOversharing · compulsive — as intimacy-shortcut wrong attractorOverthinking · chronic — as cognitive-loop wrong attractor

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Pain · chronic — as wrong attractorPain · chronic — as persistent nociceptive wrong attractor and opioid dependence as iatrogenic ground state suPain Catastrophizing — as amplified pain wrong attractorPain-Monitoring · chronic — as symptom-surveillance wrong attractorPandemic — as population displacement cascadePanic Disorder — as fear-of-fear wrong attractorParallel-Tasking · compulsive — as efficiency-maximization wrong attractorParanoid Personality Disorder — as threat-surveillance wrong attractorParasitism — as displacement exchangeParentification — as childhood role-reversal wrong attractorParenting — as ground state transmissionParkinson's Disease — as dopaminergic wrong attractorPassive Aggression — as indirect-hostility wrong attractorPassive Learning · chronic — as application-deferral wrong attractorPassive Media Consumption · chronic — as stimulation-dependency wrong attractorPassive Waiting · chronic — as life-deferral wrong attractorPassive-Aggression · chronic — as direct-conflict-avoidance wrong attractorPast-Self Comparison · chronic — as temporal-displacement wrong attractorPeople-Pleasing · chronic — as self-erasure wrong attractorPeople-Pleasing · compulsive — as self-erasure-through-approval wrong attractorPeople-Watching · compulsive — as vicarious-living wrong attractorPerceptron — as authorPerfectionism — as impossible ground statePerfectionism · pathological — as unattainable standard wrong attractorPerfectionist Paralysis · compulsive — as completion-avoidance wrong attractorPerformance Anxiety — as evaluation-collapse wrong attractorPessimism · chronic — as negative-expectation wrong attractorPet Loss — as companion bond severancePhantom Limb Pain — as somatosensory ground state persistencePhone-Checking · chronic — as connectivity-anxiety wrong attractorPhotosynthesis — as displacement managementPlanetary GlitchPlanning Fallacy · chronic — as best-case-as-plan wrong attractorPlay — as voluntary displacement practicePlay — as voluntary displacement with guaranteed returnPleasing · compulsive — as self-erasure wrong attractorPoliteness · compulsive — as authenticity-foreclosure wrong attractorPolitical Polarization — as societal wrong-attractor capturePolycystic Ovary Syndrome — as endocrine wrong attractorPositive Feedback Discounting — as nourishment-refusal wrong attractorPositive Interpretation · compulsive — as reality-acceptance wrong attractorPost-Conflict Rumination — as resolution-resistance wrong attractorPost-Conflict Withdrawal · chronic — as repair-avoidance wrong attractorPost-Interaction Rumination · chronic — as social-autopsy wrong attractorPost-Joy Guilt — as inhabited-positive-experience wrong attractorPost-Traumatic Embitterment Disorder — as injustice-fixation wrong attractorPostpartum Depression — as multi-domain ground state transition failurePostponing · chronic — as readiness-deferral wrong attractorPosttraumatic Growth — as return-path overshootPoverty — as displacement trapPoverty — as structural ground state deprivationPoverty Trap — as economic wrong attractorPraise Inflation · compulsive — as feedback-disconnection wrong attractorPraise-Withholding · compulsive — as relational-control wrong attractorPre-Emptive Apologizing · compulsive — as rejection-avoidance wrong attractorPre-Emptive Helpfulness · compulsive — as anticipated-need wrong attractorPreemptive Apologizing · chronic — as anticipatory-rejection wrong attractorPreemptive Grieving · compulsive — as loss-anticipation wrong attractorPremature Closure · chronic — as uncertainty-intolerance wrong attractorPremature Forgiveness · chronic — as anger-avoidance wrong attractorPremenstrual Dysphoric Disorder — as cyclical ground state disruptionPrivacy-Guarding · compulsive — as vulnerability-avoidance wrong attractorProblem-Creation · compulsive — as competence-demonstration wrong attractorProblem-Minimizing · chronic — as discomfort-avoidance wrong attractorProductivity-Identity · compulsive — as rest-terror wrong attractorProject Abandonment · compulsive — as completion-avoidance wrong attractorProlonged Grief Disorder — as bereavement wrong attractorProlonged Grief Disorder — as grief wrong attractorProtein-Optimization · compulsive — as nutritional-anxiety wrong attractorProving Oneself · compulsive — as perpetual-inadequacy wrong attractorPseudo-Listening · compulsive — as contact-avoidance wrong attractorPsychedelics — as pharmacological forced displacementPTSD — as trauma wrong attractorPuberty — as ontogenetic ground state transition

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Racism — as structural ground state violationRadical Transparency · compulsive — as intimacy-control wrong attractorRe-watching · chronic — as comfort-content wrong attractorReactive Attachment Disorder — as early s⁰ preventionReassurance-Giving · chronic — as anxiety-transfer wrong attractorReassurance-Provision · compulsive — as distress-elimination wrong attractorReassurance-Seeking · chronic — as anxiety-perpetuation wrong attractorReassurance-Seeking · compulsive — as doubt-suppression wrong attractorRedirecting · compulsive — as topic-control wrong attractorRegret · chronic — as counterfactual-rumination wrong attractorRegret Cycling · chronic — as counterfactual-life wrong attractorRejection Sensitive Dysphoria — as emotional wrong attractorRelational Ambivalence Maintenance — as commitment-foreclosure wrong attractorRelational Anger · chronic — as grievance-activation wrong attractorRelational Contempt — as partner-dehumanization wrong attractorRelational Distrust · chronic — as threat-primacy wrong attractorRelational Loyalty-Testing · chronic — as abandonment-verification wrong attractorRelational Over-Functioning — as competence-expansion wrong attractorRelational Perfectionism — as partner-idealization wrong attractorRelationship Exit Anxiety — as entrapment wrong attractorRelationship Fault-Finding · chronic — as criticism-loop wrong attractorRelationship Hyperanalysis · compulsive — as uncertainty-resolution wrong attractorRelationship OCD — as doubt-compulsion wrong attractorRelationship-Abandonment Under Growth · chronic — as change-threat wrong attractorRelationship-Testing · chronic — as attachment-security wrong attractorReligious Trauma and Faith Deconstruction — as belief ground state destructionReminiscing · chronic — as past-story wrong attractorRepetition Compulsion — as trauma-replay wrong attractorReputation-Monitoring · compulsive — as social-standing wrong attractorRescheduling · chronic — as commitment-avoidance wrong attractorRescuing · compulsive — as self-erasure wrong attractorResearch-as-Procrastination · compulsive — as action-avoidance wrong attractorResearch-Before-Starting · compulsive — as readiness-compulsion wrong attractorResearching · compulsive — as decision-avoidance wrong attractorResentment · chronic — as grievance-consolidation wrong attractorResentment · chronic — as injustice-archive wrong attractorResentment-Holding · chronic — as grievance-preservation wrong attractorResistance-to-Receiving · chronic — as reciprocity-block wrong attractorRest Resistance · chronic — as recovery-refusal wrong attractorRestlessness · chronic — as stillness-intolerance wrong attractorRetail-Therapy · chronic — as emotional-relief-through-purchase wrong attractorRetirement — as voluntary ground state disruptionRevenge Bedtime Procrastination — as nocturnal-autonomy wrong attractorRheumatoid Arthritis — as synovial wrong attractorRhythm — as periodic displacementRisk Aversion · chronic — as safety-compulsion wrong attractorRisk-Aversion · chronic — as security-seeking wrong attractorRole-Reversal · chronic — as parentification wrong attractorRole-Rigidity · chronic — as identity-collapse-prevention wrong attractorRole-Rigidity · chronic — as identity-protection wrong attractorRomantic Idealization — as fantasy-attachment wrong attractorRomantic Love — as ground state constructionRoutine Rigidity · chronic — as flexibility-foreclosure wrong attractorRule-Citing · compulsive — as responsibility-displacement wrong attractorRumination · compulsive — as self-examination wrong attractorRushing · chronic — as time-scarcity wrong attractor

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Sarcasm · chronic — as vulnerability-concealment wrong attractorScapegoating — as projected-blame wrong attractorSchizoid Personality Disorder — as connection-foreclosure wrong attractorSchizophrenia — as consensus reality ground state failureSchooling — as displacement factoryScore-Keeping · compulsive — as fairness-vigilance wrong attractorScrupulosity — as moral-perfection wrong attractorSecond-Chance-Giving · compulsive — as hope-override wrong attractorSecond-Guessing · chronic — as decision-reversal wrong attractorSecond-Opinion-Seeking · compulsive — as authority-distrust wrong attractorSecondary Gain — as illness-identity wrong attractorSecondary Shame — as meta-shame wrong attractorSecret-Keeping · compulsive — as vulnerability-avoidance wrong attractorSelective Mutism — as contextual displacement paralysisSelf-Aggrandizement · chronic — as esteem-inflation wrong attractorSelf-Betrayal · chronic — as values-violation wrong attractorSelf-Blame · chronic — as responsibility-inflation wrong attractorSelf-Blaming · chronic — as causal-attribution wrong attractorSelf-Categorization · compulsive — as identity-fixing wrong attractorSelf-Censoring · chronic — as expression-suppression wrong attractorSelf-Concealment · chronic — as authentic-self wrong attractorSelf-Consciousness · chronic — as self-surveillance wrong attractorSelf-Consciousness · chronic — as meta-awareness wrong attractorSelf-Correcting · compulsive — as error-intolerance wrong attractorSelf-Criticism · chronic — as self-directed-hostility wrong attractorSelf-Deception — as truth-avoidance wrong attractorSelf-Denial · compulsive — as deserving-refusal wrong attractorSelf-Deprecation · chronic — as preemptive-criticism wrong attractorSelf-Diminishing · compulsive — as threat-neutralization wrong attractorSelf-Discounting · chronic — as worth-minimization wrong attractorSelf-Doubt · chronic — as epistemic-agency wrong attractorSelf-Editing · chronic — as spontaneity-suppression wrong attractorSelf-Education · compulsive — as knowledge-accumulation wrong attractorSelf-Erasure · chronic — as identity-suppression wrong attractorSelf-Exile · chronic — as preemptive-rejection wrong attractorSelf-Explaining · chronic — as justification-compulsion wrong attractorSelf-Explanation · compulsive — as misunderstanding-avoidance wrong attractorSelf-Explanation · compulsive — as rationalization wrong attractorSelf-Handicapping — as self-esteem-protection wrong attractorSelf-Handicapping · compulsive — as failure-preemption wrong attractorSelf-Improvement · compulsive — as perpetual-deficiency wrong attractorSelf-Interrupting · chronic — as completion-anxiety wrong attractorSelf-Interruption · chronic — as completion-terror wrong attractorSelf-Minimizing · compulsive — as visibility-avoidance wrong attractorSelf-Monitoring · chronic — as social-performance wrong attractorSelf-Monitoring · chronic — as authenticity-erosion wrong attractorSelf-Neglect · chronic — as care-avoidance wrong attractorSelf-Neglect · chronic — as unworthiness-confirmation wrong attractorSelf-Pity · chronic — as victim-posture wrong attractorSelf-Promotion · chronic — as visibility-compulsion wrong attractorSelf-Quantification · compulsive — as embodied-experience wrong attractorSelf-Referencing · chronic — as conversational-recentering wrong attractorSelf-Reliance · compulsive — as dependency-refusal wrong attractorSelf-Sabotage · chronic — as success-avoidance wrong attractorSelf-Sabotage · compulsive — as success-terror wrong attractorSelf-Sabotaging · chronic — as success-threat wrong attractorSelf-Surveillance · compulsive — as authenticity-avoidance wrong attractorSelfie-Taking · compulsive — as self-documentation wrong attractorSensation-Seeking Excess — as stimulation-escalation wrong attractorSensory Processing Disorder — as threshold wrong attractorSentence-Finishing · compulsive — as anticipatory-override wrong attractorSeparation Anxiety Disorder — as proximity wrong attractorSexual Behavior Disorder · compulsive — as dopaminergic wrong attractorSexual Behavior Disorder · compulsive — as incentive-salience wrong attractorShame — as self-targeted displacementShame · chronic — as defective self wrong attractorShift Work Sleep Disorder — as structural circadian displacementSilence After Conflict · chronic — as stonewalling wrong attractorSilence-Filling · compulsive — as discomfort-avoidance wrong attractorSinging Voice — as displacement fieldSleep — as nightly ground state returnSleep — as mandatory displacement recoverySnacking · compulsive — as boredom-and-emotion-management wrong attractorSnooping · chronic — as other-monitoring wrong attractorSocial Comparison · pathological — as hedonic-reference wrong attractorSocial Debt Anxiety — as reciprocity-compulsion wrong attractorSocial Defeat Syndrome — as chronic subordination wrong attractorSocial Defeat Syndrome — as subordination wrong attractorSocial Loafing — as effort-diffusion wrong attractorSocial Media — as engineered displacement fieldSocial Media Addiction — as engineered wrong attractorSocial Media Posting · compulsive — as existence-validation wrong attractorSocial Status Monitoring · compulsive — as rank-anxiety wrong attractorSocial Systems — as displacementSocial Withdrawal — as connection-avoidance wrong attractorSocial-Monitoring · compulsive — as belonging-anxiety wrong attractorSoil — as ground stateSoil — as living ground stateSolution-Fixation · chronic — as problem-avoidance wrong attractorSolution-Jumping · chronic — as problem-avoidance wrong attractorSolutionism · compulsive — as problem-intolerance wrong attractorSomatic Symptom Disorder — as body-mind translation wrong attractorSpeed · compulsive — as depth-avoidance wrong attractorSpeed-Compulsion · chronic — as temporal-compression wrong attractorSpiritual Bypassing — as transcendence-avoidance wrong attractorSplitting — as evaluation-collapse wrong attractorSport — as displacement fieldSpotlight Effect — as imagined-audience wrong attractorStatus Anxiety — as rank-obsession wrong attractorStatus-Checking · chronic — as reassurance-seeking wrong attractorStatus-Checking · compulsive — as hierarchy-anxiety wrong attractorStatus-Signaling · compulsive — as recognition-seeking wrong attractorStatus-Updating · chronic — as recognition-seeking wrong attractorStinginess · compulsive — as hoarding-as-safety wrong attractorStonewalling — as emotional-shutdown wrong attractorStory-Correcting · compulsive — as accuracy-over-witnessing wrong attractorStory-Topping · compulsive — as relevance-competition wrong attractorStorytelling · compulsive — as contact-substitution wrong attractorStrategic Vagueness · chronic — as accountability-avoidance wrong attractorStress · chronic — as allostatic displacement accumulationStress · chronic — as allostatic displacementStroke — as sudden cerebral ground state disruptionStructure Follows LoadStuttering — as fluency ground state inaccessibilitySuccess-Discounting · chronic — as achievement-negation wrong attractorSurvivor's Guilt — as moral displacementSycophancy — as chronic approval-seeking wrong attractorSympathy-Performing · compulsive — as empathy-display wrong attractorSympathy-Seeking · compulsive — as validation-dependency wrong attractorSynchronicity-Seeking · chronic — as meaning-attribution wrong attractorSystem-Creation · compulsive — as chaos-management wrong attractorSystemic Lupus Erythematosus — as autoimmune self-displacement

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Tangent-Following · chronic — as coherence-avoidance wrong attractorTangent-Taking · compulsive — as escape-through-digression wrong attractorTask-Switching · chronic — as completion-avoidance wrong attractorTask-Switching · compulsive — as discomfort-escape wrong attractorTeaching · compulsive — as epistemic-control wrong attractorTechnology — as displacementTelomeres — as displacement clocksTheology — as accumulated displacementThought Suppression · compulsive — as intrusive-thought-amplification wrong attractorThought-Cataloguing · compulsive — as metacognitive-control wrong attractorThrill-Seeking · pathological — as arousal-floor wrong attractorTidying · compulsive — as disorder-avoidance wrong attractorTinnitus — as auditory wrong attractorTooth-Gritting and Upper Airway WideningTopic-Avoidance · chronic — as discomfort-minimization wrong attractorTopic-Changing · compulsive — as discomfort-escape wrong attractorTopic-Shifting · chronic — as discomfort-avoidance wrong attractorTopic-Switching · compulsive — as depth-avoidance wrong attractorToxic Masculinity — as constricted-self wrong attractorToxic Positivity — as affect-suppression wrong attractorToxic Shame — as core-defect wrong attractorTransactional Thinking · compulsive — as relational-commodification wrong attractorTransgenerational Trauma — as inherited displacement basinTrauma — as irreversible displacementTriangulating · compulsive — as direct-conflict-avoidance wrong attractorTriangulation — as conflict-mediation wrong attractorTrichotillomania — as tactile-tension wrong attractorTrust — as attractor depth in social spaceType 2 Diabetes — as metabolic ground state capture

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