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Deep dives into behavioral patterns, visual mapping techniques, and insights from the Unloop community. No generic advice—just clarity.
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What Is Generative Mental Health?
Not AI that generates therapy for you. You generating understanding for yourself.
ADHD and Pattern Mapping: Why Your Brain Was Made for This
How ADHD traits make you naturally gifted at seeing patterns, why traditional self-help fails you, and why visual mapping works when everything else doesn't
Stuck Points Are Discoveries: The Gift of Not Knowing
Why the moment your mind goes blank is exactly when you're about to learn something profound about yourself
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Core Philosophy(6)
What Is Generative Mental Health?
Not AI that generates therapy for you. You generating understanding for yourself.
Compassion Is Not Optional: Why Self-Criticism Keeps You Stuck
The neuroscience of why shame reinforces loops, why 'tough love' backfires, and how compassion actually creates the safety needed for change
The 5% Rule: Why Tiny Changes Beat Big Transformations
Why your brain resists dramatic change, how small experiments slip past your defenses, and the surprising math of incremental shifts
Stuck Points Are Discoveries: The Gift of Not Knowing
Why the moment your mind goes blank is exactly when you're about to learn something profound about yourself
The Experiment Mindset: Why Trying Beats Knowing
How to design personal experiments that actually work, why failure is data, and why 'what would happen if...' beats 'I should' every time
The Shame Spiral: When the Pain of Being You Feeds Itself
Understand how shame multiplies itself and learn to interrupt the spiral that keeps you hidden
Neurodiversity(15)
Autism and Pattern Mapping: Seeing Systems Others Miss
How autistic pattern recognition, systematic thinking, and attention to detail can be superpowers for this work—and how to work with the parts that make it harder.
RSD: Mapping the Fastest Loop
Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria runs in milliseconds—from trigger to emotional devastation before you can think. Here's how to map a loop that moves faster than conscious thought.
The Burnout Loop: When Your Coping Pattern Becomes the Problem
The cycle of pushing through, crashing, and recovering just enough to do it again – and how to map the pattern that's exhausting you
ADHD and Pattern Mapping: Why Your Brain Was Made for This
How ADHD traits make you naturally gifted at seeing patterns, why traditional self-help fails you, and why visual mapping works when everything else doesn't
The Emotional Hangover: Why You're Wrecked After Feeling Things
The exhaustion that follows emotional intensity—good or bad—and why recovery isn't weakness
The Productivity Shame Loop: When Your Worth Is Measured in Output
The cycle of shame-driven overwork, burnout, and the belief that you only matter when you produce
The Social Battery Drain: When Being Around People Empties Your Tank
Why social interaction depletes some people faster than others—and how to work with your nervous system instead of against it
The Decision Fatigue Crash: When Your Brain Runs Out of 'Choose'
Understand why your brain stops being able to make decisions and learn to manage your cognitive resources
The Dissociation Drift: When You Check Out Without Meaning To
Understand why your mind disconnects and learn to stay present when presence matters
The Fawn Response: When Your Survival Strategy Is to Disappear Into What Others Want
Understand how fawning works as a survival response and learn to reconnect with yourself while staying safe
The Hypervigilance Loop: When Your Brain Won't Stop Scanning for Danger
Understand how hypervigilance works as a survival adaptation and learn to help your nervous system find safety
The Shame-Hiding Loop: Why Masking Creates What You're Trying to Avoid
How masking your neurodivergent self creates the very rejection you're trying to prevent—and how to start loosening the mask
The Energy Debt Cycle: Why Rest Never Seems to Refill Your Tank
The loop of overcommitment and depletion – why self-care isn't working, and how to balance your energy economy
The Freeze Response: When Your Brain Takes You Offline
The loop of nervous system shutdown – why you can't 'just start', and how to work with freeze instead of against it
The "Why Can't I Just" Loop: When Simple Things Feel Impossible
The loop of shame about not doing simple tasks – why 'just do it' doesn't work, and how to work with your brain instead of against it
Common Patterns(19)
The Avoidance Snowball: How Small Skips Become a Shrinking Life
You skip one thing. Then another. Then your world gets smaller and smaller. How avoidance compounds—and where to start rolling it back.
The Comparison Spiral: When Everyone Else Seems to Be Winning
The loop that runs every time you scroll: seeing others' success, feeling behind, and the endless measuring that never makes you feel better.
The People-Pleasing Trap: When 'Nice' Becomes a Cage
The loop of anticipating needs, over-giving, and resentment – where it comes from, why boundaries feel dangerous, and how to start finding your way out
The Anxiety Spiral: When Worry Creates More Worry
See how anxiety feeds itself and discover where you can interrupt the cycle
The "Not Enough Time" Loop: When Time Scarcity Steals Your Life
The cycle of rushing, poor decisions, and perpetual urgency—and how to change your relationship with time
The Should Spiral: When Obligation Becomes Your Operating System
The loop of rigid expectations, guilt, and self-judgment – where shoulds come from and how to transform them into authentic choices
The Catastrophizing Loop: When Your Mind Writes Disaster Movies
Understand why your mind jumps to worst-case scenarios and learn to stay grounded in reality
The 'I'll Start Monday' Loop: Why Fresh Starts Keep You Stuck
Understand why waiting for the perfect moment keeps you stuck and learn to start now instead of Monday
The "I'm Fine" Loop: When Numbing Becomes Your Only Setting
Understand why emotional suppression keeps you stuck and learn to safely reconnect with your feelings
The Motivation Myth: Why Waiting to Feel Ready Keeps You Stuck
Learn why motivation follows action, not the reverse—and how to stop waiting for a feeling that may never come
The Sunday Scaries Loop: When the Weekend Ends Before It Begins
Understand why Sunday dread steals your weekends and learn to reclaim your time from anticipatory anxiety
Decision Paralysis: When Every Choice Feels Like The Wrong One
Why your brain treats choosing lunch like choosing a life partner—and how to make decisions when every option feels wrong
The Procrastination-Perfectionism Tango: When 'Not Good Enough' Meets 'Not Starting'
See how perfectionism and procrastination feed each other in an endless loop—and discover where you can interrupt the dance
Revenge Bedtime Procrastination: The Loop That Steals Tomorrow's Energy Today
The loop of reclaiming 'me time' by sacrificing sleep – where it comes from, why 'just go to bed' doesn't work, and how to find autonomy without the exhaustion
The Anger Basement: Why the Nicest People Have the Biggest Explosions
The loop of anger suppression and explosion – why 'calm down' makes it worse, and how to express before you explode
The Conflict Avoidance Loop: How Dodging Hard Conversations Makes Everything Harder
The loop of avoiding difficult conversations – why it backfires, and how to build capacity for honest communication
The Imposter Loop: Why Success Makes the Fear Worse, Not Better
The loop where achievement fuels fear of exposure – why more success doesn't fix it, and how to unhook your worth from your performance
The Overthinking Hamster Wheel: When Analysis Becomes Paralysis
The loop of endless analysis – why thinking harder doesn't help, and how to step off the wheel
The Scroll Hole: When Your Thumb Has a Mind of Its Own
The loop of mindless scrolling to escape discomfort – why it happens, why screen time limits don't work, and how to make the phone a choice instead of a reflex
Working with Patterns(3)
What to Do When You're Back in the Loop
You interrupted it. It came back. Here's why that's not failure—and what to do now.
Running the Experiment: A Practical Guide
You found the weak point. Now what? How to design, run, and learn from a 5% experiment—without turning it into another thing to fail at.
Where to Interrupt: Finding Your Pattern's Weak Points
Not all points in a loop are equal. Learn to find the moments where small interventions can shift everything.
Understanding Patterns(4)
The Memory Node: Tracing Your Pattern Back to Its Source
How to find where your pattern began, why origin stories change everything, and how to map the moment that started your loop
Where Patterns Come From: The Origin Story of Your Loops
How a single moment becomes a lifelong loop, why repetition builds highways in your brain, and how understanding your pattern's origin changes everything
Why Your Brain Keeps You Stuck (And That's Okay)
The neuroscience of loops, why awareness alone doesn't create change, and why your 'stuck' patterns are actually brilliant survival strategies
Your Body Knows Before You Do: Physical Sensations as Pattern Predictors
Discover how your body signals patterns before your brain notices—and learn to read the physical warning signs you've been missing
Getting Started(2)
Understanding Your First Pattern: A Visual Guide
Learn how behavioral patterns work and why seeing them visually changes everything
Pattern Stacking: When Your Loops Have Loops
Understanding how patterns connect, trigger each other, and form complex systems – and finding the leverage points for change
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