Map of Monotropic Experiences

River of Monotropic Flow States

Flow

In plain words

You are deep in something and time goes soft. Your body settles. This is how a monotropic person gets energy back.

Entering flow states — or attention tunnels — is a necessary coping strategy for many of us. Flow states are the pinnacle of intrinsic motivation.

Fergus Murray — in their own words

What changes this

Let the river run. Flow is how a monotropic bodymind recharges, so time in it is not time off the work — and an environment that treats it as a reward to be earned after the real tasks has the arithmetic backwards.

Where it is on the map

Area 9 of twenty, printed on the map as River of Monotropic Flow States. It borders:

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