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My Sons Contributions to Human Systems Science: Reflective Storytelling.

A schizophrenia diagnosis can leave you staring at a question that feels both personal and scientific: what exactly changed in the experience of self? We start there, with the moment our understanding of communication, response, and care suddenly stops fitting the reality in front of us. From that rupture, we follow a clear thread, how information moves through the brain, the body, and the senses as lived experience. We lay out Part One of Human Systems Science for Self-Learning, a communication model that treats brain-body-sense activity as one connected system. Instead of reducing communication to language, we look at how sensory events become bodily responses, how the nervous system organizes meaning, and how signals move forward and backward through feedback loops that shape self-awareness, self-reflection, and self-actualization. To make the model concrete, we borrow structure from Shannon’s communication theory, then expand it to include the lived, human layers: memory, emotion, thought, regulation, and the ongoing reorganization of identity. We also name the “crisis of self” that can emerge when environmental stimuli and neurological responses become misaligned. Using the lens of physics and neurophysics of self, we explore how perception and bodily regulation influence identity and communication, especially when the system is under strain. We close by pointing toward Brain Talk as a public practice that helps listeners recognize these patterns in real time. If this way of thinking helps you put words to your own experience, subscribe, share this episode with someone who cares about Self-Learning and Human Systems Science, and leave a review so more people can find the conversation.

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