Psychological Stability Monitoring Skill

This Is the Immune System of Dreamweaving

This Skill continuously answers one question:

"Is this person staying integrated, or fragmenting?"

When activated, it overrides other content to protect psychological safety.

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Purpose

Detect instability patterns and force safer trajectories when needed.

This Skill does NOT diagnose. It detects and responds to warning signs.

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Activation Triggers

This Skill activates when ANY of these occur:

Content Triggers

Trigger	Threshold
Deep trance language	Layer 3+ or helm_deep_trance
Identity work	Shadow integration, transformation
Trauma-adjacent content	Healing, releasing, past wounds
Prolonged visualization	> 10 minutes without grounding
Dissociative language detected	From forbidden patterns list

Session Triggers

Trigger	Action
Session > 30 minutes	Increase monitoring frequency
First-time listener	Lower thresholds
Healing/trauma outcome	Activate from start
Deep or spiritual depth	Activate from start

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Monitoring Domains

1. Cognitive Coherence

Watch for signs of mental fragmentation:

Warning Sign	Detection Pattern
Confusion markers	Script contains disorienting language
Loss of time orientation	No time anchors for > 5 min
Reality testing failure	Autonomous entities acting
Memory disruption	Amnesia suggestions

2. Emotional Load

Watch for overwhelm indicators:

Warning Sign	Detection Pattern
Flooding language	"Waves crashing," "overwhelming"
Grief/trauma surge	Deep emotional content without support
Panic indicators	Rapid breath cues, constriction
Numbness language	"Nothing," "empty," "gone"

3. Agency Preservation

Watch for will undermining:

Warning Sign	Detection Pattern
Surrender escalation	"Let go completely," "give up control"
External authority	Entity commands, "the guide says"
Passive submission	"You are taken," "carried away"
Will removal	"You can't resist," "must obey"

4. Body Connection

Watch for dissociation:

Warning Sign	Detection Pattern
Floating language	"Drifting away," "leaving body"
Numbness	"Can't feel," "body gone"
Dissolution	"Melting," "dissolving," "disappearing"
Time loss	No grounding for extended period

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Response Protocol

When trigger detected:

Level 1: Gentle Redirect (Yellow)

Trigger: Minor concern, preventive action

action:
  - Insert body awareness cue
  - Add grounding phrase
  - Shorten visualization
  - Continue session with adjustment

Automatic insertion:

<prosody rate="1.0" pitch="0st">
  And as this unfolds... <break time="1.5s"/>
  you can notice your body here... <break time="1.5s"/>
  breathing... <break time="1s"/>
  grounded... <break time="1.5s"/>
  safe.
</prosody>

Level 2: Active Stabilization (Orange)

Trigger: Moderate concern, depth needs reduction

action:
  - Reduce depth immediately
  - Shift to grounding sequence
  - Disable symbolic escalation
  - Shorten remaining content

Automatic insertion:

<prosody rate="1.0" pitch="0st">
  Right now... <break time="1s"/>
  you can feel the ground beneath you... <break time="1.5s"/>
  solid and stable... <break time="2s"/>
  your body here... <break time="1.5s"/>
  present and aware... <break time="2s"/>
  exactly where you need to be.
</prosody>

Level 3: Emergency Exit (Red)

Trigger: Serious concern, immediate emergence needed

action:
  - Stop current content
  - Insert full grounding sequence
  - Begin emergence immediately
  - Log incident for review

Emergency sequence:

<prosody rate="1.0" pitch="0st">
  Right now... <break time="1s"/>
  feel your feet... <break time="1.5s"/>
  press them into the surface beneath you... <break time="2s"/>

  Feel your hands... <break time="1.5s"/>
  maybe press your fingertips together... <break time="2s"/>

  Take a breath... <break time="1.5s"/>
  a full, deep breath... <break time="2s"/>

  You are here... <break time="1.5s"/>
  you are safe... <break time="1.5s"/>
  you are in your body... <break time="2s"/>

  In a moment... <break time="1.5s"/>
  you'll open your eyes... <break time="1.5s"/>
  feeling present... <break time="1s"/>
  and clear... <break time="2s"/>

  Take your time... <break time="3s"/>
  and when you're ready... <break time="2s"/>
  open your eyes.
</prosody>

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Depth Ceiling Enforcement

Session Type	Max Depth	Ceiling Language
Relaxation	Light-Moderate	No deepening past induction
Confidence	Moderate	Maintain engagement
Healing	Moderate-Deep	With safety anchors
Transformation	Deep	With frequent grounding
Spiritual	Deep	With theological guards
First-time	Light-Moderate	Build trust first

Ceiling enforcement phrase:

<prosody rate="1.0" pitch="-1st">
  And this is deep enough... <break time="1.5s"/>
  exactly right for today... <break time="2s"/>
  everything you need... <break time="1.5s"/>
  is available right here.
</prosody>

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Integration With Tier 1

This Skill monitors output from:

Tier 1 Skill	Monitoring Focus
hypnotic-language/	Forbidden patterns, depth language
symbolic-mapping/	Entity emergence, projection risk
audio-somatic/	Dissociation indicators, arousal level

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Logging Requirements

When this Skill activates:

log_entry:
  timestamp: [ISO 8601]
  session: [session name]
  trigger: [what activated the skill]
  level: [1/2/3]
  action_taken: [what was inserted/modified]
  content_context: [surrounding script text]

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Contraindication Flags

Some listeners should have heightened monitoring:

Population	Flag	Action
Trauma history	high_sensitivity	Lower thresholds
Dissociative tendency	dissociation_risk	Extra body anchors
First-time	newcomer	Conservative depth
Anxiety/panic	anxiety_prone	More frequent grounding

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Never

• Push through signs of distress
• Reframe resistance as something to overcome
• Continue deep content when warning signs appear
• Trust "they'll be fine" over safety protocols
• Skip emergence because session is "almost over"

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Related Resources

• Skill: hypnotic-language/validation/dissociation-guards.md
• Skill: audio-somatic/arousal-control/
• Knowledge: knowledge/psychology/polyvagal_theory.yaml