Missed Train Replay

Metaphorical Narrative

The train doors close with a hiss.
You stand on the platform, replaying every second — the slowed steps, the glance at your phone, the door sliding shut.
The scene loops endlessly, as if the train could be recalled by regret alone.
But the track only runs forward. The replay burns energy that no longer belongs to you.

Core Insight

This is the replay loop. The brain anchors on a lost chance, bargaining with the past as if endless reruns might open a door already shut.

Mechanism: counterfactual simulation — the mind generates alternate timelines to soothe loss but ends up magnifying pain.
Examples: missed train, wrong reply in conversation, opportunity not taken.
Spotting cues: looping images of “what I should have done,” body tightness in chest or stomach, inability to focus on current tasks.

The Two-Slot King intervenes: only two slots live — the present and the next. The past is bin material, not a slot. Sovereignty is refusing to fuel dead trains.

Proof Snapshot + Identity Line

Notice how, when attention is pulled back to present + next, the replay fades. That is lived proof. The sovereign line: “I do not bargain with closed doors. I fuel only what’s alive.”

Saturday Experiment

1. Catch a replay loop.
2. Say aloud: “Bin it. Two slots: present and next.”
3. Write down one small next action.
4. Redirect energy there, not back to the closed door.

Sunday Reflection

Journal in third person:

• What replay loop caught them this week?
• How did invoking the Two-Slot King cut the loop?
• What shifted once energy went to present + next?