Unexpected Knock

Metaphorical Narrative

Ding-dong.
Heart spikes, body freezes.
Mind scripts intruder, bad news, disruption.

Core Insight

Everyone has felt it: sudden noises trigger survival alarms.

Proof Snapshot: Studies show startle responses prime fight-or-flight even when the signal is harmless. Meaning makes the spike worse.

Liberation comes by naming it raw signal. The knock is not prophecy.

Identity Line: I refuse to grant meaning to startle. Observer waits steady until evidence arrives.

Saturday Experiment

Next unexpected noise, say aloud: “Signal, not story.”
Notice how the spike softens.

Sunday Reflection

Where else this week did they script stories from raw signal?
What shifted when they paused for evidence?
What identity grows when startle is owned by Observer?