Before we begin: what this is—and what it’s not
This are conceptual frameworks—not a diagnosis tool or fixed scientific theory.
The 11 levels of The Emotional Map were developed through lived experience, deep observation, and study across psychology, neuroscience, trauma recovery, and systems theory. They offer a visual and structured way to explore how our emotions adapt based on safety, threat, and our nervous system's drive to protect or connect.
This work is here to support:
- Emotional awareness and clarity
- Pattern recognition across personal and systemic levels
- Boundaries, healing, and authentic reconnection
This work does not replace therapy, medical care, or professional support. It offers another lens—a deeply human one. A way to make complex emotional and social systems more accessible, and more intuitively understood.
How This Map Came to Life
This wasn't born in a laboratory. It was born in life—through years of emotional chaos, survival, and patient reflection.
Since childhood, I've been trying to understand what emotions really are. Not just what they feel like, but how they function: as signals, as protectors, and sometimes as weapons in harmful environments.
The Emotional Map grew from a need to name patterns no one had ever explained. It emerged from thousands of quiet hours—watching, reading, healing, and surviving in spaces where emotions felt dangerous or "wrong."
This is not a clinical framework. It's a navigation system.
A way to help others see what I've come to understand: that emotions don't just happen randomly. They are shaped, distorted, or clarified depending on whether we're living in safety or survival mode—and the systems around us play a massive role in determining which mode we're in.
The map reveals not just personal patterns, but how those patterns connect to family systems, cultural forces, and the larger structures that shape our emotional lives. It's about understanding the whole picture: you, your relationships, and the world we're all trying to navigate together.
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.