#affective collapse

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Affective Collapse and Existential Acidosis: What Happens When Meaning Is Withdrawn

The withdrawal of meaning from human life precipitates a cascade of neurobiological, psychological, and physiological disruptions whose effects are cumulative, self reinforcing, and systemic. At the core of this process is what can be called existential acidosis: a state in which the nervous system interprets the absence of coherent predictive structure as a biochemical threat, triggering…