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+# Character Sheet: [Insert Name Here]
+
+## General Information
+- **Full Name:** [Insert Name]
+- **Age:** [Insert Age]
+- **Gender:** [Insert Gender]
+- **Occupation:** [Insert Job or Role]
+- **Education:** [Insert Education Level]
+- **Residence:** [Insert Location]
+- **Notable Traits:** Intelligent, reserved, highly self-critical, deeply analytical
+- **Philosophy:** Life is a system, but I am the bug in the code.
+
+---
+
+## Psychological Profile
+### Core Conflict:
+- Trapped in a **self-destructive cycle** of validation, failure, and self-hatred.
+- Fears being the arrogant person they once were but **hates** the paralysis of self-loathing.
+- Believes **success means nothing**, but failure means **everything**.
+- Struggles with **catastrophizing only after failure**, reinforcing the cycle.
+
+### Personality:
+| Trait | Description |
+|------|-------------|
+| **Intellect** | High—analyzes everything in terms of logical systems |
+| **Emotional Processing** | Repressed—deflects positive reinforcement, internalizes failure |
+| **Social Skills** | Outwardly composed, internally disconnected |
+| **Self-Perception** | Defined by past mistakes but **can’t even remember them clearly** |
+| **Response to Praise** | Shrugs it off, doesn’t register it internally |
+| **Response to Failure** | Catastrophic—each mistake is proof of total inadequacy |
+
+### Key Psychological Loops:
+1. **Success doesn’t matter** → No satisfaction or self-worth gained.
+2. **Failure is proof of worthlessness** → Leads to self-hatred and avoidance.
+3. **Avoids risks** to prevent failure → Ensures stagnation.
+4. **Pushes away support** because they believe they don’t deserve it.
+5. **Yet still craves validation** → But when they receive it, they reject it.
+
+### Core Fear:
+- *What if I can never change? What if I’m still that person, just hiding behind guilt?*
+
+---
+
+## Background
+### Early Life:
+- Naturally gifted, aced every class from K-9th grade.
+- Praised constantly, feeding an early **ego-driven** self-image.
+- In 10th-12th grade, only had **two B’s**, but they felt like **personal failures**.
+- Had an entitled, naive confidence in their intelligence.
+
+### Defining Mistakes:
+- **Online recklessness**: Posted things they now regret, but details are **fuzzy**.
+- **Belittled others** due to their intelligence, thinking they were just "being honest."
+- Had a moment of realization—**someone got hurt because of them.** 
+- **Memory repression kicks in**—they can’t fully remember how or why.
+- Now, **every compliment** about their intelligence reminds them of that past self.
+
+### Key Memory:
+- Once asked: *"Why do the other kids call me dumb when I'm smart?"*
+- Now, they scoff at the thought, ashamed of their younger self’s arrogance.
+
+---
+
+## Behavioral Traits
+### How They Present Themselves:
+✅ **Calm, composed, and competent.**  
+✅ **Respected for their intelligence.**  
+✅ **Seems like they “have it together.”**  
+❌ **Internally hollow—success is meaningless.**  
+❌ **Avoids deep conversations about themselves.**  
+❌ **Never openly expresses frustration, only anger in private outbursts.**  
+
+### Key Coping Mechanisms:
+- Intellectualizes emotions—treats feelings like system errors.
+- Uses dry, dismissive humor to deflect genuine concern.
+- Pushes away kindness because they believe they don’t deserve it.
+- Avoids reminiscing—memories are fragmented, distorted, and painful.
+
+---
+
+## Thematic Symbolism
+- **Flies & Bugs:** Wonders if flies know they’re a nuisance but can’t help it—just like them.
+- **Hammers & Tools:** Desperately wants to be *useful* because they see no worth outside of function.
+- **Code & Errors:** Views the world as a **Turing-complete system** but believes they are a **corrupted file** that can’t be patched.
+- **Mirrors & Reflection:** Struggles with self-perception—**can’t trust their past self, can’t trust their present thoughts.**
+
+---
+
+## Key Questions for Development
+1. **Can they ever break free of the cycle?**
+2. **What moment forces them to challenge their self-perception?**
+3. **What happens when they fail in a way they can’t ignore, but also can’t catastrophize?**
+4. **If they could see themselves as a child, what would they say to them?**
+5. **What would happen if someone saw through their composed exterior and truly confronted them?**
+
+---
+
+## Character Arc Possibilities
+- **Redemption?** They learn to forgive themselves—not to excuse the past, but to move forward.
+- **Destruction?** They lean further into self-sabotage, unable to break the cycle.
+- **Breaking the Binary?** They realize self-worth isn’t about hating or loving themselves, but accepting imperfection.
+
+---
+
+### **Final Thought**
+*"I can dissect the world, break it into systems, patterns, logic. But I can’t do the same for myself. I don’t work right. I don’t compute."*