Theory

   Am curious if anyone else reading this Theory goes away with the impression that the mind exists independently of the biological organism it's anchored to.  It's the ultimate example of how we seem to perceive the mind backwards and something I have little explanation for.

Super Simple Theory (so proportionally oversimplified)

   The mind is weird.  Hypnosis is weird.  Dissociation (also known as a state of shock) is double weird.  That level of weirdness isn't just difficult to comprehend.  It's counter intuitive to the point of being backwards.

   Here's what i'm theorizing...

   Hypnosis only has 2 tricks up it's sleeve.

• Showing a person something to be aware of.
• Hiding a person's awareness of something.

   But between those 2 simple tricks we have:

1. The ability of 2 people to indirectly affect each other awareness (using their conscious minds)
2. The ability of 2 people to directly affect each others awareness (using their unconscious minds)
3. The ability to hypnotize someone and directly affect their awareness (their unconscious mind)

   To explain each of those in simpler terms:

1. Conscious communication from one person to another.  The result is to convince the unconscious to affect it's own awareness.
2. Unconscious communication from one person to another.  The result is to convince the unconscious to affect it's own awareness.
3. Exposing the unconscious through a hypnotic trance.  The result is to affect unconscious awareness.

   The 1st and 2nd listed are how we align ourselves with others and try to align others with ourselves (persuade or convince).  I guess that could be called "seeking out those with the same interests and beliefs".  Also a basis for unconscious grouping or bias.

   The 3rd is artificial and a violation of free will.

   Except for the 3rd - and despite the different distinctions - all hypnosis is truly (ultimately) self-hypnosis.  At least it should be.

      Self-Hypnosis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-hypnosis

Super Simple Model (my source for this seems solid enough)

   How it originates:

• I have no idea...  but though it's anchored in a biological organism, it exists above any small differences in normal brain chemistry.

   Loss:

      The loss of cognitive function we perceive results when the ability to shift awareness is slowed or prevented:

• Damage such as brain trauma, infirmity due to aging, disease, etc. can can all result in it.
• Concussions
• Impede the ability of the conscious and unconscious to shift awareness.
• When a concussive impact occurs a whole mind may briefly not exist due to a sudden full dissociation.
• Depending on the seriousness the dissociation may fully resolve, partially resolve, or never resolve.
• Additional concussive impacts that result in dissociation resolve more slowly and less completely leaving a mind more dissociated than before.
• Seizures - can result in a temporary loss of the conscious part of the mind, unconscious part of the mind, or the whole mind may briefly not exist due to a full dissociation,
• Generalized seizures
• Partial (focus )seizures
• Shock - not a direct emotional or physical response (that's backwards) to an event but a dissociation which can result in a disconnect from emotion and body.
• As long as brain death (or what we define as brain death) has not occurred the mind remains in a state between minimal dissociation and approaching full dissociation.

   Dissociation:

      This is a normal state spanning one or more points or areas of the mind.

• When there's no dissociation a mind is not developing.
• When there's minimal dissociation a mind is most whole. 
• When there's full dissociation a mind doesn't exist. 
• A developing mind exists between minimal dissociation and full dissociation as a continual shifting of awareness between the conscious and unconscious parts of the mind (calling this the Subjective View for now).
• Intrusion - instead of the conscious and unconscious parts of the mind separating they switch through each other  shift relative to each other.
• It's backwards from dissociation
• As a mind approaches full intrusion the conscious and unconscious parts switch shift.
• At that point it's the same as dissociation but with the conscious and unconscious parts of the mind taking the other's function.
• Due to the reversal of the conscious and unconscious parts of the mind it can affect:
• Sense of identity
• Perception of time
• Emotions
• Dissociation and Intrusion are the basis for what can be perceived as the shifting of awareness.
• A developing mind can also exist between full dissociation and full intrusion as a continual shifting of the conscious and unconscious parts of the mind (calling this the Objective View for now).

   Thought:

• When the mind approaches full dissociation it results in an overlapping thought space where both the conscious and unconscious parts of the mind can learn to communicate through shared thought.  When that occurs it can seem as though knowledge appears out of nowhere (to the conscious mind).  That can be in the form of shifts in awareness, feelings, and emotion, 
• When there's minimal dissociation the mind is most whole but thought is not shared between the conscious and unconscious parts of the mind.  Thought becomes unified as a continual shifting of awareness between the conscious and unconscious parts and the distinction ends. 

   Memory:

      The conscious and unconscious parts of the mind have individual memory:

• When a mind is whole the memories of each are separate and not shared,
• When a mind approaches full dissociation it's possible for memories from each to be shared.
• Can be perceived as a shared overlapping area of something memory and feeling where communication can take place when a mind approaches full dissociation.
• Is also the basis for schizophrenia due to the conscious part of the mind sharing thought with the unconscious part of the mind.

   False Memory:

• Memories are not lost or erased but can be hidden or fade beyond awareness.
• A memory can be hidden from our awareness (which causes a point of Dissociation) and can be perceived as a Mental Block.  A Mental Block can be worked around or through (talking out loud is one way).  A memory that's hidden can return as long as:

• It hasn't faded beyond awareness.
• Awareness finds it again.
• Awareness isn't gained of a false memory that replaces it (and it fades beyond awareness).

• A false memory starts off as a second instance of a memory that coexists with the original.

• It's a copy with altered or replaced elements.
• As a mind recalls the memory it can become aware of both the original and the copy.
• Slowing down recall of the memory increases the likelihood of becoming aware of both.
• Both memories can be recalled as awareness of one is gained and awareness of the other is lost until it fades beyond awareness.
• Awareness of a memory is gained each time it's recalled and that extends to associated memories.  The reference is circular.

   Awareness:

      The conscious and unconscious parts of the mind have individual awareness (and for some reason the double-slit experiment can be interpreted as driven by awareness...  see Patience.):

• Does not appear to be affected by dissociation other than it‘s difficult to perceive until a mind approaches full dissociation.
• Unconscious awareness is a vague awareness of many things that are simple/finite/discrete.
• Conscious awareness is a deep awareness of few things that are complex/large/abstract.
• Unconscious awareness forms the basis for conscious awareness by shifting/conversion.
• Shifting/Conversion Rule: Vague awareness of many things that are simple converts to deep awareness of few things that are complex.
• Another way of saying that is conscious awareness is an aggregation of unconscious awareness.

• Once a mind gains consciousness it can retain it even when all other awareness is lost.

   Change:

• Anything that affects our awareness exists until it fades beyond awareness. The reference is circular.
• That includes what's given to us and what we give ourselves as suggestions (or commands) though both work the same.
• As a mind approaches minimal dissociation it favors suggestions.
• As a mind approaches full dissociation it favors neither but accepts both equally.
• When a mind accepts a suggestion or command it results in change and awareness is gained.
• This is how our minds grow and increase overall awareness.
• When the mind rejects a suggestion or command it fades beyond awareness and awareness is lost.
• A mind can exert conscious control over continual change to grow and maintain the mind as long as they live.

   Intuition:

• The mind - either whole or approaching full dissociation - is not psychic.
• That perception is the result of the unconscious part of the minds ability to process faster than the conscious.  It also stores and processes knowledge differently than the conscious part of the mind.
• The unconscious part of the mind works backwards from answers to questions.  [It operates on truths - this isn't quite the right way to say this but still working on understanding it].
• Can result in the perception of being telepathic due to lack of awareness of the unconscious part of the mind.

   Anxiety to Paranoia to Presence:

• The basis of feeling another presence (also known as a 'feeling of being watched') resides in conscious awareness of the unconscious part of the mind.
• This can occur as the mind approaches full dissociation but also under some circumstances with more than minimal dissociation.
• Anxiety, paranoia, and states in between are normal.  They arise when the unconscious part of the mind determines a need is great and normal measures won't provide enough time.

   Qualities (including emotions for now) - both parts of our minds exhibit them but they're different from what might be expected (operate on difference timescales).

• Anger
• Conscious - Slow to start and build, slow to fade (might be backwards).
• Unconscious - Quick to start, slightly less quick to fade (might be backwards).
• Love
• Conscious - Slow to start and build, slowly or never fades (might be backwards).
• Unconscious - Quick to start (infatuation), slightly less quick to fade (might be backwards).
• Patience
• Conscious - None
• Unconscious - Infinite

• Empathy
• As a mind approaches minimal dissociation it gains perspective.
• As a mind approaches full dissociation it loses perspective.
• It seems backwards but empathy remains as perspective is lost.
• This implies that empathy is the basis for perspective but that is backwards.

• Humor - each can have it's own distinct sense of humor though the conscious part of the mind's humor rests on that of the unconscious .
• Mood - each can have it's own distinct mood though the conscious part of the mind's mood rests on that of the unconscious.

   We are able to exert conscious control over the unconscious in all the respects listed above.  It's a matter of strength of will.  Another way of saying that is the choices and decisions we make.

   Mental Illness:

• [trying to remember this one]
• [trying to remember this one]
• Physicians should work to restore the boundaries between the conscious and unconscious parts of the mind (yes, this seems backwards).

   Addiction/Recovery:

• Change can occur when both the conscious and unconscious minds are in agreement.

   Perception

      The conscious and unconscious parts of the mind have individual perception:

• We know a mind's conscious perception as reality and a mind's unconscious perception as dreams.
• Knowledge (from perception) is stored in an extremely flexible way and can be altered.
• At a high level it exists as memory linked to memory where each relationship is weighted by significance.
• Those relationships are dynamic and can change easily and rapidly.
• Hypnosis is the mechanism for that change.

   Illness

• When a mind's perception of reality falls too far out of sync with actuality a psychosis can occur.

   Self-hypnosis

• Accidental - [explain how prevented.]
• When a mind is most whole - [explain how it does/doesn't occur.]
• When a mind approaches full dissociation - [explain how it does/doesn't work.]
• Externally driven - very very bad and probably won't explain.