HOW TO RUN A FIREWALL STACK
Run this suite like a cleanup script for your attention. If you’re overwhelmed, start with PURGE.
If you’re stuck scrolling, hit SHIELD. If your mind won’t shut up, use STATIC.
1) PURGE (5–15 min)
Reset novelty craving. Lower the urge to seek “one more hit.”
2) SHIELD (3–8 min)
Break the algorithm trance. Interrupt doom-scroll hypnosis.
3) STATIC (2–6 min)
Jam the inner critic loop. Reduce verbal noise.
4) SIGNAL (2–10 min)
Tune signal-to-noise. Recalibrate focus after overload.
5) DEFRAG (5–20 min)
Sort thoughts into buckets. Restore mental order and next actions.
PURGE
DOPAMINE FAST
OUTCOME: RESET NOVELTY CRAVING
Novelty fasting. White-noise + visual static to reduce stimulation and reset dopamine baselines—good when cravings, restlessness, or compulsive checking spikes.
ERASE
SHIELD
SOCIAL DETOX
OUTCOME: BREAK DOOM-SCROLL TRANCE
Algorithm trance breaker. Bilateral stimulation to interrupt doom-scrolling hypnosis and return agency to attention—use when you feel ‘pulled’ into feeds.
BLOCK
STATIC
THOUGHT KILLER
OUTCOME: SILENCE INNER CHATTER
Inner-critic jammer. Audio masking (speech babble) to disrupt the phonological loop—use when thoughts won’t stop narrating or attacking.
JAM
SIGNAL
CLARITY
OUTCOME: RECALIBRATE FOCUS
Signal calibration. Pure tone alignment to rebuild focus after sensory overload—use after multitasking, crowds, or screen fatigue.
TUNE
DEFRAG
ORGANIZATION
OUTCOME: ORGANIZE THOUGHTS
Thought defragmentation. Rhythmic sorting visuals to bucket scattered thoughts into categories—turn mental clutter into a clean next-action map.
SORT