Screensaver
A simple on/off control for what your mind returns to when nothing is actively happening. When on, a neutral or steady thought fills the space. When off, whatever is loudest or most repetitive takes over.
Ben Affleck and the Mental Conditioning Disaster
Screensaver controls what your mind returns to when nothing is actively happening. The mental conditioning program had no effective screensaver strategy — it only told players what not to think, leaving the idle space to fill itself with exactly what everyone was trying to avoid. A working screensaver approach would have given players a neutral or steady thought to return to, rather than a prohibition. Without that anchor, the mind defaulted to whatever was loudest — which was the newly amplified fear of failure.