internal failure modes
common inner failure modes & breakdowns of self-alignment
- executive part breaks down under excessive load (over capacity, too much brute force)
- niche parts are suffocated by dominant parts, environments, patterns, narratives
- parts with different desires pull self in multiple directions, without leadership your gears grind to a halt
- you fixate on something at the expense of the whole (e.g. failing to meet basic needs because too focused on X)
- blame is foisted upon the whole self or a specific part or an externality, concealing the true root: a conflict between parts
- zoom too far in on immediate state >> lose perspective >> unfavorable decisions & judgments
- endless deferring of responsibility to future selves: present self is constantly in debt to past selves, can't escape the weight of it except by perpetuating the cycle