Steven's Personality Structure

flowchart TD 
	Z[IC: Initial Circumstances<br/> S: Story<br/> ER: Emotional Reflex<br/> SR: Somatic Reflex<br/> E: Effect<br/> H: Hypothesis <br/> EE: Emotional Experiment]

	A((IC: father angry and gaslighting, mother unable to hold space for emotions. Father teaches Steven that emotions will be used against him, and ultimately make things worse. Mother teaches Steven that emotions are problems to be fixed)) --> B(S: From father, having emotions get me in trouble)
	
	 Authority 
	A --> M{ER: Distrust of authority}
	subgraph Authority 
		M --> N{ER: Aversion to imposition of authority}
		N --> SuspectDisbeliefEF{ER: Difficulty suspending disbelief, compulsively looking for cracks in self-consistency}
		M --> O(S: Authority and agency costs)
		O --> M 
		M --> P(S: Bottom-up, peer-to-peer systems are safer)
		O --> P
		N --> Q{ER: Desire to test, reduce external authority}
	end
	
	 Anger 
	A --> Y{ER: Sensitive to transgression of boundaries}
	subgraph Anger
		D --> AngerShame(S: Anger is destructive and shameful)
		Y --> ZZ{ER: Anger arises}
		ZZ --> AA{ER: Anger is repressed}
		AA --> AF{ER: Anger comes out sideways as frustration}
		AngerShame --> AA
	end
	AngerShame -.-> AngerOkay(H: Anger is fine, provide its kind and clear. The problem *is* explosive anger which comes from repression)
	AngerOkay -.-> KindAnger{EE: Direct and kind expression of anger}
	KindAnger -.-> AngerMet((Effect: Anger met with compassion and consideration))
	AngerMet -.-> AngerOkay
	

	 WIP 
	subgraph WIP 
		K{ER: Aversion to saying no to others}
		WorkAversionER{ER: Aversion to programming work that feels imposed}
		StageFright{ER: Fear of performance}
		CompEmbarrassment{ER: Compulsive empathy during external embarrassment}
		FallApart{ER: Fear of things falling apart} 
		
	end