this is important to me because part of my mind behaves like an automated goal process regarding using strategies of changing my behavior without relating with my thoughts. i understand this may be common with dissociative disorder. the problem is that i make poor decisions and significantly worsen the situation for myself. it’s very hard for me to conceive of structures and decisions that are not in conflict. it’s counter to the dissociative separation, i get myself very mentally injured, establishing a norm of conflict in my mind where my own parts, me and the other thing in me, try to act to harm each other, simply by having established the habit. it’s very hard to step out of this because when pressure reduces on one side the other side can try to use it to take advantage. this is similar to two autonomous agents that are assuming the other will act counter to their goals. in such a situation, things can change significantly. and one can show this clearly with logical structures. fighting is a+=B. but other behaviors are b++. note that if one agent performs b++ at a time when another agent wants a higher A, the other agent gets closer to their goal with no energy or time expended at all on their part.