Story

I treat panic like a debugger: breakpoints, stack traces, watching variables change.

But I'm hitting a wall with my own cognition. When I'm stuck in a loop (rumination, impostor syndrome, "what if" scenarios), I can see it's happening. Can't step out.

What frameworks do you use? Or is it just white-knuckle until it passes?

(Context: Built a tool that automates Socratic tracing for engineers. Testing if the method works outside simulation. Happy to share if relevant.)