Tanya’s original concept of Monotropic spiral results from the inertia of monotropic flow. It may involve obsessive-compulsive type occurrences of rumination about a particular subject of experience that pulls the person deeper and deeper into an all-consuming monotropic spiral. Associative thinking that starts connecting this to anything and everything, seemingly like an ever increasing black-hole (Adkin & Gray-Hammond, 2023; Gray-Hammond & Adkin, 2023).

This can lead to the development of apparent loss of insight into ones own mental state and reality as described by the general population.

Monotropic spiral is not psychosis. It is rather the vehicle that carries the person into psychotic phenomena, and maintains its inertia. Much like a star collapsing on itself, the resultant black-hole sucks in everything in its vicinity and is all-consuming.

A person experiencing monotropic spiral may lose insight and their sense of Self, compounded by a decoupling from shared reality.

Creating Autistic Suffering: The AuDHD Burnout to Psychosis Cycle- A deeper look – Emergent Divergence

Related pages from our website:

• Monotropism – Stimpunks Foundation
• Meerkat Mode – Stimpunks Foundation
• Monotropic Split – Stimpunks Foundation
• Flow – Stimpunks Foundation
• Polyvagal Theory – Stimpunks Foundation
• Neuroception – Stimpunks Foundation
• Co-regulation – Stimpunks Foundation
• Meltdown – Stimpunks Foundation
• 🔥 Autistic Burnout: The Cost of Masking and Passing – Stimpunks Foundation
• Neuroception and Sensory Load: Our Complex Sensory Experiences – Stimpunks Foundation