Psychological Stability Monitoring Skill

This Is the Immune System of Dreamweaving

This Skill continuously answers one question:

"Is this person staying integrated, or fragmenting?"

When activated, it overrides other content to protect psychological safety.

Purpose

Detect instability patterns and force safer trajectories when needed.

This Skill does NOT diagnose. It detects and responds to warning signs.

Activation Triggers

This Skill activates when ANY of these occur:

Content Triggers

Session Triggers

Monitoring Domains

1. Cognitive Coherence

Watch for signs of mental fragmentation:

2. Emotional Load

Watch for overwhelm indicators:

3. Agency Preservation

Watch for will undermining:

4. Body Connection

Watch for dissociation:

Response Protocol

When trigger detected:

Level 1: Gentle Redirect (Yellow)

Trigger: Minor concern, preventive action

action:
  - Insert body awareness cue
  - Add grounding phrase
  - Shorten visualization
  - Continue session with adjustment

Automatic insertion:

<prosody rate="1.0" pitch="0st">
  And as this unfolds... <break time="1.5s"/>
  you can notice your body here... <break time="1.5s"/>
  breathing... <break time="1s"/>
  grounded... <break time="1.5s"/>
  safe.
</prosody>

Level 2: Active Stabilization (Orange)

Trigger: Moderate concern, depth needs reduction

action:
  - Reduce depth immediately
  - Shift to grounding sequence
  - Disable symbolic escalation
  - Shorten remaining content

Automatic insertion:

<prosody rate="1.0" pitch="0st">
  Right now... <break time="1s"/>
  you can feel the ground beneath you... <break time="1.5s"/>
  solid and stable... <break time="2s"/>
  your body here... <break time="1.5s"/>
  present and aware... <break time="2s"/>
  exactly where you need to be.
</prosody>

Level 3: Emergency Exit (Red)

Trigger: Serious concern, immediate emergence needed

action:
  - Stop current content
  - Insert full grounding sequence
  - Begin emergence immediately
  - Log incident for review

Emergency sequence:

<prosody rate="1.0" pitch="0st">
  Right now... <break time="1s"/>
  feel your feet... <break time="1.5s"/>
  press them into the surface beneath you... <break time="2s"/>

  Feel your hands... <break time="1.5s"/>
  maybe press your fingertips together... <break time="2s"/>

  Take a breath... <break time="1.5s"/>
  a full, deep breath... <break time="2s"/>

  You are here... <break time="1.5s"/>
  you are safe... <break time="1.5s"/>
  you are in your body... <break time="2s"/>

  In a moment... <break time="1.5s"/>
  you'll open your eyes... <break time="1.5s"/>
  feeling present... <break time="1s"/>
  and clear... <break time="2s"/>

  Take your time... <break time="3s"/>
  and when you're ready... <break time="2s"/>
  open your eyes.
</prosody>

Depth Ceiling Enforcement

Ceiling enforcement phrase:

<prosody rate="1.0" pitch="-1st">
  And this is deep enough... <break time="1.5s"/>
  exactly right for today... <break time="2s"/>
  everything you need... <break time="1.5s"/>
  is available right here.
</prosody>

Integration With Tier 1

This Skill monitors output from:

Logging Requirements

When this Skill activates:

log_entry:
  timestamp: [ISO 8601]
  session: [session name]
  trigger: [what activated the skill]
  level: [1/2/3]
  action_taken: [what was inserted/modified]
  content_context: [surrounding script text]

Contraindication Flags

Some listeners should have heightened monitoring:

Never

• Push through signs of distress
• Reframe resistance as something to overcome
• Continue deep content when warning signs appear
• Trust "they'll be fine" over safety protocols
• Skip emergence because session is "almost over"

Related Resources

• Skill: hypnotic-language/validation/dissociation-guards.md
• Skill: audio-somatic/arousal-control/
• Knowledge: knowledge/psychology/polyvagal_theory.yaml