Map of Monotropic Experiences

River of Monotropic Flow States

Flow

Meander, boat — drawn with shapes from the map builder, which you can use to draw your own.

In plain words

You are deep in something and time goes soft. It may feel like it has melted away. 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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