a knotted self-center is a persistent topological feature in the experiential field, a region of high informational density and phase-locking that forms a stable energetic minimum.

the sharp intrusion of an anxious thought corresponds to a parasitic standing wave, a high-frequency, self-reinforcing signal loop that consumes attentional bandwidth.

dull depression is a state of systemic signal degradation and phase decoherence, where high entropy across awareness blurs informational distinctions and flattens affective texture.

emotional release is a phase transition that discharges stored potential energy, breaking stable energetic minima and flushing dissonant information.

open awareness represents high channel capacity with minimal internal resistance, sustained by global phase coherence that allows information to flow without forming self-sustaining loops.