Registered expression · V2 review candidate
What happened between noticing it and feeling it?
Follow a reported transition from stimulus through interpretation, appraisal, feeling, action, and recovery—without turning reflection into a cortisol claim.
Candidate version
2.0.0 · handler 1.0.0
Invocation trace~WellbecomingProtocol
Scientific boundary
Reported state transition; no biomarker inference.
Evidence
Participant reported
Protocol trace~WellbecomingProtocol
Identity update
None
Step 1 of 10
Make the transition legible
Negative emotion is not a failure, and subjective feeling is not biochemical evidence.
This observes what you report.
It does not measure cortisol, diagnose a stress response, or decide what an event means for your identity.
Connect before writing. The secure handoff stores only short-lived transaction keys—not your reflection.
Inspect synthetic cases
Aesthetic aversion
An external visual stimulus with unknown physiology and rapid recovery.
Social criticism
A strong reported response with a bodily signal and slower recovery.
Unexpected praise
A positive perturbation where negative-state recovery is not applicable.
Spontaneous memory
An internal event with no external media or content source.