A structural guide: how the emotional map’s levels interlink and inform one another.
How All Map Levels Interconnect With Each Other
Framework A | Framework B | Mechanism | Loop effect | Intervention using Four-Mode checks | |
Protect–Defense | Persistent threat states harden protective identities (‘mask becomes survival tool’). | Stabilizes harm if chronic | State-check before identity work; add co-regulation. | ||
Protect–Defense | Mask dominance creates layer conflict (logic vs real self). | Stabilizes harm if unaddressed | Name ‘role-upgrade’ trap; unblend logic from mask. | ||
Protect–Defense | Fragmented selves are steered by social scripts promising safety. | Stabilizes harm via conformity | Expose ‘safety bargains’ demanded by each false model. | ||
Manipulation | Models translate into gatekeeping rules that allocate visibility/power. | Stabilizes harm | Surface hidden criteria; redesign access rules. | ||
Manipulation | Incentives reward in-group bias and stereotype-fit. | Stabilizes harm | Bias audits tied to resource decisions. | ||
Manipulation | Bias normalizes coercion; ‘others’ become fair game. | Stabilizes harm | Interrupt entitlement loops early. | ||
Tyranny | Coercive scripts replicate across families/institutions. | Stabilizes harm unless interrupted | Teach repair vs fear hierarchy. | ||
Connect–Belonging | Multi-generation perspective resolves contradictions as patterns. | Repairs harm | Use lineage maps to decode paradoxes. | ||
Connect–Belonging | ND pattern-recognition challenges conformity myths. | Repairs harm | ND-led redesign of norms and practices. | ||
Connect–Belonging | Repair increases baseline safety; signals feel readable again. | Repairs harm | Sequence regulation before parts work. | ||
Ego Persona Construct | Connect–Belonging | Softens mask; authentic needs become speakable. | Repairs harm | Practice safe micro-authenticity in live contexts. | |
Connect–Belonging | Collective repair shifts what society rewards. | Repairs harm | Codify new norms; reinforce with policy. | ||
Manipulation | Scripts pressure ‘acceptable’ identities; ego becomes armor. | Stabilizes harm | Call out role contracts; widen belonging signals. | ||
Tyranny | Resource capture entrenches the false models that protect power. | Stabilizes harm strongly | Decouple capital from compliance. | ||
Tyranny | Tyranny institutionalizes bias via policy and punishment. | Stabilizes harm strongly | De-legitimize coercive logics; protect dissent. | ||
Tyranny | Tyrants rewrite ‘normal’ to justify control. | Stabilizes harm strongly | Expose narrative engineering; rebuild truthful norms. | ||
Tyranny | Power-over consolidates resources and gatekeepers. | Stabilizes harm strongly | Anti-capture rules; transparency on allocations. | ||
Tyranny | Chronic threat and fear floods the system (mass dysregulation). | Stabilizes harm strongly | Community regulation rituals; restore safety signals. | ||
Three Inner Layers | Tyranny | Role-mask hardens; logic gets weaponized; real self goes offline. | Stabilizes harm strongly | Rebuild empathy access; de-arm logic from punishment. | |
Protect–Defense | Threat narrows perception; bias ‘feels safer’. | Stabilizes harm | State-checks before bias dialogues. | ||
Protect–Defense | Family myths carry bias; kids absorb loyalty rules. | Stabilizes harm | Bias audits inside lineage work. | ||
Connect–Belonging | ND kin often act as truthful bridge-builders (or become scapegoats). | Repairs harm if protected | Create protected ND-led bridge roles. | ||
Protect–Defense | ‘Good child’ contracts teach self-abandonment. | Stabilizes harm | Unlearn obedience/punishment bargains. | ||
Connect–Belonging | Repair work lowers baseline threat across the system. | Repairs harm | Shared regulation practices across generations. | ||
Connect–Belonging | Naming paradoxes weakens manipulation by restoring sense-making. | Repairs harm | Use paradox-language in public education. |
Internal Links
- What is TEG-Blue?
- What is Emotional Technology?
- Research Collaboration & Impact
- 360° Global Synthesis
- Learning Lab
- Map Levels
- Four Modes
- AI Safety
TEG-Blue™ is a place for people who care-about dignity, about repair, about building something better. It’s a map, an invitation, and a growing toolbox, as an evolving commons—supporting emotional clarity, systemic healing, and collective wisdom. Here, healing doesn’t require perfection—just honesty, responsibility, and support.