Background Processes
The fears, survival patterns, and old logic that keep running in your mind whether you notice them or not. Some were installed by you, some by your environment, some by people who raised you. This setting is not about stopping them — it is about whether you even know they are there.
Ivan Lowe and the PTSD He Didn't See Coming
Background Processes covers the fears and survival patterns running in the background whether a person notices them or not. Ivan Lowe had no idea his nervous system had been quietly running Afghanistan-mode for years after he got home. The gate in Vegas, the hair in the rubble, the restaurant seating — all of it was the background process of warzone survival logic running in a completely different context. He didn't install it consciously, and he didn't know it was still running until it started breaking things.