Think you'd never send the wrong reply? Think again. Can you even beat a cartoon at texting? (no offence Judgy)
Scenarios are original SMS illustrations of patterns from multiple research lines. demand–withdraw (Christensen), PREP danger signs (Markman/Stanley), Rusbult accommodation, Linehan/Fruzzetti validation, Freyd DARVO, attachment/EFT, maintenance research, and Gottman conflict work. Not therapy. Not private chats.
Speech feel informed by natural dialogue corpora (Cornell), not quoted film lines · see dont-send-communication-report.md
Sometimes the incoming message is the test: guilt, contempt, ultimatums, fake check-ins. The healthier reply is rarely the longest or the nicest. Often it's the one that won't train a bad pattern.
Timer = decide while a little flooded · that's the point
SPACE toggle · GO or zero sends
One button flips A/B · timer sends the highlight
Done playing pretend fights?