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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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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
The Anxiety Spiral: When Worry Creates More Worry
See how anxiety feeds itself and discover where you can interrupt the cycle
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Neurodiversity(5)
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 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
Common Patterns(6)
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
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
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.
Core Philosophy(4)
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
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
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