Ric's Relay/Field notebook for an unreliable observer
Archive P-09 · Subject: everybody

Psyche Human systems, observed from inside

Patterns, criteria, chemistry, and the evidence we use to understand ourselves—assembled by one of the systems being studied.

Boundary note: these are personal models, published criteria, and evidence frameworks. They are invitations to think, not diagnoses or medical advice.

Three instruments
State
Instrument 01 / signal over time

State-of-Mind Line

An animated comparison of bipolar mood episodes and a typical baseline. It turns a calendar of changing internal weather into a moving signal.

What gets lost when a long pattern is judged by a single day?

Watch the signal
Criteria
Instrument 02 / naming patterns

The Shape of the Criteria

A guided reflection on how the DSM-5 describes Autism Spectrum Disorder—its domains, supporting conditions, and levels of support.

When does a description clarify a life, and when does it flatten one?

Open the reflection
Evidence
Instrument 03 / measuring harm

The Shape of Harm

An evidence-informed framework for comparing psychoactive-substance harms while keeping uncertainty, source quality, and methodological limits visible.

What can a model honestly claim when the evidence underneath it is uneven?

Enter the framework
NORMAL IS A STATISTICAL NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT AN ADDRESS.