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.
Janet McNamara and the Autism Diagnosis
Background Processes are the old logic running underneath everything that a person may not even be aware of. For Janet McNamara, a background process had been running for decades: the belief that her difficulty with social norms was a character flaw — that she was simply rude, inconsiderate, or broken. This process shaped how she read every interaction at work, every complaint from a boss, every failed job. Once she got her diagnosis, that process didn't disappear, but she became aware it was running — and that awareness changed how she responded to it.