🌀 The Mirror Loop: Split-Perception Structure

  The Mirror Loop: Split-Perception Structure

          [  REALITY EVENT  ]
                |
                v
     ┌───────────────────────────────┐
     │   Witnessing / Boundary Act   │
     │   (e.g., naming harm, saying  │
     │   no, asking for ownership)   │
     └───────────────────────────────┘
                |
                v
      ┌────────────────────────────┐
      │  Perceived as: ATTACK      │◄────────────┐
      │  (“You’re saying I’m bad”) │             │
      └────────────────────────────┘             │
                |                                │
         [ EMOTIONAL FLOOD ]                     │
         (“I’m spiraling, I’m scared,            │
           I can’t be seen”)                     │
                |                                │
                v                                │
   ┌────────────────────────────────────┐        │
   │  Counter-Witnessing Begins         │        │
   │  (“You twist reality /             │        │
   │   You’re the narcissist /          │        │
   │   You never own anything”)         │        │
   └────────────────────────────────────┘        │
                |                                │
                v                                │
        [ Moral Inversion Occurs ]               │
     (“My pain *proves* I’m good”)               │
                |                                │
                v                                │
     ┌────────────────────────────────────┐      │
     │  Defense by Confessional Insight   │      │
     │  (“I’ve thought about it deeply.   │      │
     │    I still know I’m right.”)       │      │
     └────────────────────────────────────┘      │
                |                                │
                v                                │
    [ False Repair Attempt or Sudden Exit ]──────┘
                |
                v
           ⟳ Loop Resets