Auto-Lock
How quickly you shut down or disengage when not actively stimulated. Your threshold for idle before you check out.
Mandy and the Paris Attack
Auto-Lock shows how Mandy's relationship with stillness completely transformed. Before the attack, she had her Auto-Lock set to Quick Reset - the moment she wasn't actively stimulated or busy, she would immediately disengage and find something else to do. She described always needing 'the next thing to keep me going' and feeling unsettled whenever she was alone. The shooting forced her into a moment of complete stillness, staring at concrete, unable to move or act. This traumatic pause eventually taught her that she could tolerate - even need - moments of not doing anything.
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