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Mental Gripping

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Definition

A trap where obsessive focus and racing thoughts feed each other — concentrated attention seizes on a thought, which spawns more thoughts to seize on, which pulls attention in harder. The mind spins faster precisely because it is trying hardest to land.

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Orthography

case
capitalized-always
evidence
ordinary

Usage

do not use for
A broad basin, an onset and propagation cascade, a reusable trap type, or an escape or intervention address.
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Naming a self-reinforcing loop anchored by a capacity and a domain at one harmony.

Routed children

These escapes and interventions have no authored names. Each is identified by this parent and its route cell.

Escapes (4)

Interventions (6)

Relationships and lifecycle

Parents