Using MOODS Without Handing Over Your Power
MOODS can be sharp, surprising, and wrong.
What it gives you is material to work with, not answers to obey. It’s here to reflect something back to you and see what you make of it. Sometimes it will help. Sometimes it won’t. You decide what matters and what doesn’t.
This kind of dialogue isn’t fully controllable. It can contradict itself, or say things that make no sense. That unpredictability is part of the medium, not a bug. Nothing here is meant to replace your judgment.
What you take from it — and what you act on — is always your responsibility.
If a session starts pulling you out of yourself, step away. Close the app and do something real. You’re not required to “see it through” or get to the bottom of anything.
Stopping is part of using this tool correctly. It works best when you stay grounded in the world outside the screen.
MOODS is a tool, not an authority.
Use it only if it serves you.
Related Documentation
If you’re navigating questions of authority, boundaries, or when to step away, these pages clarify how MOODS is designed to be used:
- Why Some Things Aren’t Explained: limits of interpretation
- The Trap of Endless Reflection: when reflection turns into avoidance
- What MOODS Is (And What It’s Not): scope and refusals
- When MOODS Is Not the Right Tool: knowing when to stop