Automaticity

Minimal Automaticity

Expressions activating this band describe deliberate attention, sustained focus, and the ability to return awareness to ongoing experience or regulate tension intentionally. Automatic behavior may be absent, weak, or limited to occasional impulsive tendencies rather than a prevailing mode of functioning.

Low Automaticity

Expressions activating this band describe intermittent lapses in reflective awareness, such as acting without thinking, feeling emotionally distant, or briefly losing track of what is happening. Awareness remains accessible, but presence in the moment is inconsistent.

Moderate Automaticity

Expressions activating this band describe recurrent distraction from ongoing activity, acting without fully considering alternatives, and episodes of detachment from one's feelings, surroundings, or sense of self. Experience is marked by noticeable disengagement from immediate awareness.

High Automaticity

Expressions activating this band describe habitual inattention to one's own actions, with behavior unfolding before awareness catches up. Experience often feels blank, automatic, or only partially conscious during everyday activity.

Severe Automaticity

Expressions activating this band describe pervasive functioning on autopilot, with actions carried out mechanically and with minimal conscious involvement. Thought and behavior feel largely automatic, as if the person is going through tasks without active presence.

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