Disconnection and the Female Mental Sex Mind

The first casuality of separation is an isolated self.

Connection is everything to the Female Mental Sexed mind. When you measure your experience in terms of balance and relationships, the separation felt from being cut off is one of life's greatest tragedies. It's almost impossible for a holistic to dwell in total isolation—which explains why there are so few stories about these horrible circumstances.

The current version of Subtxt offers well over 500 different unique story structures. Of those, only seven feature a Female Mental Sexed structure where the mind of the story changes while in a state of extreme disconnection. It rarely happens—because the Female Mental Sexed mind would never entirely change without the security of knowing it was in tandem with the Universe.

Seven stories. Out of 500+ storyforms.

One of those is so challenging no one really talks about it (I'm Thinking of Ending Things), and another is so strange that it only served to cement one filmmaker firmly in the independent zone (Tod Solodnz and Welcome to the Dollhouse).

Of course a third, the Milagro episode from the sixth season of The X-Files, happens to be one of my favorite stories—but it's also about the tragedy of being a writer and features John Hawkes—so the show has a couple bonuses working in its favor.

Disconnection is the ultimate tragedy for the Female Mental Sexed mind--certainly not a place they want to visit often.

Building a Sense of Disconnection

A Male Mental Sexed mind finds Tragedy in the juxtaposition of two key Storypoints: a Story Outcome of Failure and a Story Judgment of Bad. Hamlet, Othello, Manchester by the Sea, and The Florida Project all portray a Male Mental Sexed mind that resolves to change its approach—but finds Failure and more considerable angst (Bad) in the process.

The Holistic takes the same two Storypoints and builds a sense of disconnection throughout the entire story. That emotional state of being isolated, of seeing the solidity of self separate from the Universe, envelops the mind in tragic desolation. Depression and hopelessness kick in, bringing the frequency of vibration so low, that every choice only draws one further and further away from the desired outcome.

Consider Oliver Stone’s Platoon:

::premise Victimizing yourself with the uncertainty of rash and impulsive behavior disconnects you from the outside world, clouding your recognition of truth with shades of being untried in combat. ::

Sounds like that depressed state of emotion, right? The Female Mental Sex mind can't make the connections it needs while in that low state of vibration and thus, falls into greater and greater despair.

The Female Mental Sex lives for balance. Living in this separated state only draws it further and further away from home, and closer and closer to a Male Mental Sexed mind's experience of life—something that seems dreadfully simplistic and ultimately pointless to the Female Mental Sex mind.

That's why the Objective Premise Method of this Female Mental Sex story falls back on the Male Mental Sexed mind's preference for Goal and Consequence. When in alignment, or close to it, the Female Mental Sex mind vibes with the analog variations of the Objective Story Issue. While in this depressed state of low vibrations, the Female Mental Sexed mind turns to the Story Consequence—mimicking the Male Mental Sexed mind in an attempt to find stable ground.

But it never works. And it never fulfills.

The Female Mental Sexed mind can never be sure of linearity and thus, merely finds it a last option of sorts until it can find that connection once again.

Building a Sense of Disconnection

Juxtaposing the Objective Premise Method of the Story Consequence with the Subjective Premise Element of the Female Mental Sexed Main Character's attempt at equity (Intention) creates a basis for appreciating this depressed state of emotion:

::premise Victimizing yourself with the uncertainty of PRECONSCIOUS disconnects you from the outside world, clouding your PROVEN with shades of PRESUMPTION. ::

Proven is the Main Character Pivotal Element and the Preconscious, or impulsive and rash behavior, is the Story Consequence of Platoon. Taylor proves himself a soldier as he intended, with the unintended consequence of finding out that man's instinct for war runs counter to his nature.

When you factor in the totality of experience, as a Female Mental Sex mind does, you feel that overwhelming sense of hopelessness in the Premise.

Let's try another one of those six films, this time The X-Files episode Milagro:

::premise Isolation disconnects natural talents from the outside world, allowing the uncertainty of misunderstanding one's purpose into your experience. ::

If you're familiar with this episode, you know this Premise absolutely captures its tragic and offbeat essence.

The difference in structure of this Premise with the previous is a result of separate narrative dynamics. Platoon is an Overwhelming narrative (a Main Character Growth of Stop and a Story Judgment of Bad). The Milagro X-Files Episode is a Bearable, or Surmountable narrative (a Main Character Growth of Start and a Story Judgment of Bad). With an Overwhelming narrative, the Objective Premise Method precedes the Subjective Premise Elements. A more Bearable narrative finds the Subjective Element appearing before the Objective Element.

::premise Isolation disconnects ABILITY from the outside world, allowing the uncertainty of UNDERSTANDING into your experience. ::

Ability is the Main Character’s Pivotal Element and Understanding, or in this case Mis- understanding, is the unfortunate Consequence. Writer Padgett removes himself from the world by allowing himself to be open to misunderstandings. This openness disconnects subject and object, thereby confusing abilities for desires.

A complete and utter low state of emotion—especially for a story about a writer trying to capture his heart's real intention.

That Feeling of Being Separated

With this final Premise structure within the Changed Resolve category, the Female Mental Sex mind samples the loneliness of the Male Mental Sex mind's experience. Lonely from the point-of-view of the Female Mental Sexed, not the Male—for if you asked the latter, he would most likely tell you he prefers the isolation to the connectedness, as that's the only way things can indeed get solved.

No approach is better than the other. One is merely more appropriate in different contexts. Nailing down and appreciating that meaning is the job of the Premise—which is why being able to ascertain Mental Sex from this simple sentence becomes so essential to a writer.

Having explored the various meanings present in a story where the mind resolves to move in a different direction, we now turn our attention to narratives where the mind stays the course and ends up changing the world around her.

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