Byronism, is the new name of a set of neuropsychological and personality traits, which can be characterized by a certain spectrum of tendencies that affect processing, behavior, moral values and belief systems, and perceptions as well as adaptive functioning.
Byronism has theoretically three forms: developmental, reactive and atypical. In most people with Byronic traits, there are stronger elements of adverse experiences in the way they were socially treated, educated or taught to live - as well as a disruption of self and the ability to feel comfortable with themselves.
Insofar, Byronism Spectrum relies mostly on 4 core elements:
1) Resistant individualism
2) Reductionisms or Regression
3) Ideological, intellectual or moral vulnerability
4) High preservation of volitional agency
There are several main factors playing for these aspects ---
- Ideological systems - Which philosophies, morals, values and beliefs are transmitted to you and how you respond to them, understand them, or use those morals, values and belief systems towards your own benefit;
- Cognitive - How you associate concepts and contexts with each other;
- Socio-emotional, Volitional and Metacognitive - How you relate, process emotions, use your own agency and evaluate your own thinking;
- Individualism - Identity-related phenomena
Byronics who are "milder", usually are found to be quite decent and well-rounded individuals; however, they live and experience since a young age, and gradually, severe inner turmoil that triggers hyperindividualistic and morally rigid protective mechanisms, and oftentimes as youth they can exhibit a high rate of behavioral-emotional problems, isolation or trying to push their beliefs on others.
In the most severe forms of Byronism, a rigid crystallization occurs within the interface between the self and the world, it is a highly dualistic and reductionist mindset which leads the person to remain stuck in a regressed mental and spiritual state, forming crude, primitive and very incomplete, sometimes perverse opinions of what's going on around them and within themselves. This typically leads to people who become profoundly single-minded and narrow in personality and so does their worldview, living in a sort of autistoid ideological stance. These are the types you'd see more likely to self-indoctrinate, commit ritualistic suicide to serve their "cause" or their own "god", or do heinous hate crimes.
(work in progress)
