Mirror Protocol

Check Yourself for Symptoms

This is not a diagnosis. It is a mirror. The question is not whether you are a zombie. The question is what may be operating you before you have witnessed it.

  1. When I am triggered, do I become more curious or more certain?

    When I am triggered, do I become more curious or more certain?

  2. Do I know what I am feeling before I explain who is wrong?

    Do I know what I am feeling before I explain who is wrong?

  3. Can I pause before recruiting someone else into my reaction?

    Can I pause before recruiting someone else into my reaction?

  4. Am I trying to be understood, or am I trying to infect?

    Am I trying to be understood, or am I trying to infect?

  5. Do I still consent to the behavior I am performing?

    Do I still consent to the behavior I am performing?

  6. Am I waiting to become ready before I allow myself one small real action?

    Am I waiting to become ready before I allow myself one small real action?

  7. Am I asking for a framework because it helps me make contact, or because it delays contact?

    Am I asking for a framework because it helps me make contact, or because it delays contact?

Answer the questions to reveal the mirror.

The checker will reflect the pattern back without shaming you.

The result will name what may be operating you without turning it into your identity.

One practical line of guidance will appear here with the result.

Failed-cure warnings will appear here when the mirror catches a familiar substitute for agency.

What the mirror caught

  • Answer all seven questions to see which signals are active.

Accept. Witness. Withdraw. Return.

  1. Accept: stop lying about what is present.
  2. Witness: name the operating force.
  3. Withdraw: "I do not consent to be operated by this."
  4. Return: choose the next smallest non-zombie action.

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