R. Holmes the Pawn
@pawnthepan.bsky.social
PAN, Boomerang, Compass Theory. A simple, symbolic, scientific framework, that can detect abuse behind closed doors. Suitable for researchers, teachers and children.
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The 'imaginary army' isn’t about feeling special. It’s about not collapsing. When there’s no stable middle, identity becomes hierarchical. The army confirms the top position, and keeps shame from flooding back in. Without internal regulation, validation becomes oxygen and a shame buffer. #PANTheory
February 11, 2026 at 6:13 PM
The 'imaginary army' isn’t about feeling special. It’s about not collapsing. When there’s no stable middle, identity becomes hierarchical. The army confirms the top position, and keeps shame from flooding back in. Without internal regulation, validation becomes oxygen and a shame buffer. #PANTheory
It was never about wealth. It was never about class. The constant question is: Am I above or below? When identity is regulated by hierarchy instead of integration, every room becomes a ranking system. #EgoStructure #IdentityFormation
February 11, 2026 at 5:50 PM
It was never about wealth. It was never about class. The constant question is: Am I above or below? When identity is regulated by hierarchy instead of integration, every room becomes a ranking system. #EgoStructure #IdentityFormation
A systems-based framework for understanding projection, audience-to-army shift safety, and behavioral escalation.
#pantheory #boomerangtheory #boomerang #childcompass #science #psychology #systemstheory #imaginaryaudience #imaginaryarmy #pawntheory #conceptualframework
#pantheory #boomerangtheory #boomerang #childcompass #science #psychology #systemstheory #imaginaryaudience #imaginaryarmy #pawntheory #conceptualframework
February 11, 2026 at 11:47 AM
A systems-based framework for understanding projection, audience-to-army shift safety, and behavioral escalation.
#pantheory #boomerangtheory #boomerang #childcompass #science #psychology #systemstheory #imaginaryaudience #imaginaryarmy #pawntheory #conceptualframework
#pantheory #boomerangtheory #boomerang #childcompass #science #psychology #systemstheory #imaginaryaudience #imaginaryarmy #pawntheory #conceptualframework
Every teacher. Same mechanism. One shared language for conflict. The Boomerang shows cause and effect. Not punishment, rhythm, clarity, prevention. Simple enough to grow up with. #Boomerang #BoomerangTheory #BoomerangConflict
February 10, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Every teacher. Same mechanism. One shared language for conflict. The Boomerang shows cause and effect. Not punishment, rhythm, clarity, prevention. Simple enough to grow up with. #Boomerang #BoomerangTheory #BoomerangConflict
What you see in others is often what you can’t see in yourself.
If you don’t recognize this, conflicts start. #boomerangtheory
#boomerang #conflict #conflictdynamics #projection #PANTheory #bullying #scapegoat #childdevelopment #pawntheory
If you don’t recognize this, conflicts start. #boomerangtheory
#boomerang #conflict #conflictdynamics #projection #PANTheory #bullying #scapegoat #childdevelopment #pawntheory
February 9, 2026 at 9:18 PM
What you see in others is often what you can’t see in yourself.
If you don’t recognize this, conflicts start. #boomerangtheory
#boomerang #conflict #conflictdynamics #projection #PANTheory #bullying #scapegoat #childdevelopment #pawntheory
If you don’t recognize this, conflicts start. #boomerangtheory
#boomerang #conflict #conflictdynamics #projection #PANTheory #bullying #scapegoat #childdevelopment #pawntheory
Every conflict starts from the superego position. Vulnerable, aggressive, sadistic, it doesn’t matter. The walk lines are always the same: attack - retreat - wait - return. Endlessly. The reversed peekaboo rhythm. #peekaboo #boomerangtheory
January 27, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Every conflict starts from the superego position. Vulnerable, aggressive, sadistic, it doesn’t matter. The walk lines are always the same: attack - retreat - wait - return. Endlessly. The reversed peekaboo rhythm. #peekaboo #boomerangtheory
When you look at conflict through the boomerang cycle, you see the attachment style. Nothing fundamentally changes from childhood to adolescence and beyond. The conflict resolves in the same cycle, over and over again. #BoomerangTheory #PANTheory
January 22, 2026 at 3:39 PM
When you look at conflict through the boomerang cycle, you see the attachment style. Nothing fundamentally changes from childhood to adolescence and beyond. The conflict resolves in the same cycle, over and over again. #BoomerangTheory #PANTheory
Love bombing/ idealization. Presence, the “see me” phase Devaluation/ discard. Disappearance - Tension. Hoover. Return - Relief. Inverted peek-a-boo rhythm. That's all. #Abusecycle #Boomerangtheory
January 22, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Love bombing/ idealization. Presence, the “see me” phase Devaluation/ discard. Disappearance - Tension. Hoover. Return - Relief. Inverted peek-a-boo rhythm. That's all. #Abusecycle #Boomerangtheory
The boomerang cycle works as an indirect signal in school conflicts. When conflict keeps returning. and reflection never happens, that repetition itself becomes the red flag. #Cinflictsreveal #Peekaboo
January 21, 2026 at 11:46 AM
The boomerang cycle works as an indirect signal in school conflicts. When conflict keeps returning. and reflection never happens, that repetition itself becomes the red flag. #Cinflictsreveal #Peekaboo
Object relations already had the pieces. Good object/bad object. Audience = good object. Army = bad object. Together they hold the ego in the superego position. #Egoontop #Egolibidorises
January 20, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Object relations already had the pieces. Good object/bad object. Audience = good object. Army = bad object. Together they hold the ego in the superego position. #Egoontop #Egolibidorises
It’s not a lack of conscience. It’s development from the superego. When development starts there, a person becomes their own judge: morality turns into control, care into power. #InvisibleViolance
January 20, 2026 at 2:10 PM
It’s not a lack of conscience. It’s development from the superego. When development starts there, a person becomes their own judge: morality turns into control, care into power. #InvisibleViolance
Parentification is a superego paradox. Perpetrator and rescuer on top. The scapegoat below tries to save them. Repeat the pattern: drama triangle, abuse, relationships on loop. #DramaTriangle #HiddenPatterns
January 20, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Parentification is a superego paradox. Perpetrator and rescuer on top. The scapegoat below tries to save them. Repeat the pattern: drama triangle, abuse, relationships on loop. #DramaTriangle #HiddenPatterns
Ego fails to mediate - split. One step up: superego as safe spot. Inverted Peekaboo: regulation becomes external, black/white, audience, imaginary army. When this collapses, the id discharges, against the self, or against others. #Splitting #PANTheory
January 18, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Ego fails to mediate - split. One step up: superego as safe spot. Inverted Peekaboo: regulation becomes external, black/white, audience, imaginary army. When this collapses, the id discharges, against the self, or against others. #Splitting #PANTheory
Objects become extensions of identity. When the self can’t regulate internally, the story needs props. #PersonalFable
January 15, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Objects become extensions of identity. When the self can’t regulate internally, the story needs props. #PersonalFable
Extreme aggression isn’t mysterious. It’s a switch. When the ego can’t regulate and there’s no stable superego, regulation is outsourced: audience, personal fable, imaginary army. 0 - 100.. Not out of nowhere. But from an inverted rhythm. #ImaginaryArmy #PeekabooRhythm
January 15, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Extreme aggression isn’t mysterious. It’s a switch. When the ego can’t regulate and there’s no stable superego, regulation is outsourced: audience, personal fable, imaginary army. 0 - 100.. Not out of nowhere. But from an inverted rhythm. #ImaginaryArmy #PeekabooRhythm
Abuse cycles look complex. They're not. It's a broken peekaboo rhythm: presence - tension - absence - repair and repeat. Once you see it you cannot unsee it. #Peekaboo #jeanpiaget
January 14, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Abuse cycles look complex. They're not. It's a broken peekaboo rhythm: presence - tension - absence - repair and repeat. Once you see it you cannot unsee it. #Peekaboo #jeanpiaget
Shame-based systems don’t always self-correct through insight. When visibility is experienced as judgment, the Audience shifts into an Army, and behavior changes. #DevelopmentalPsychology #TraumaResearch
January 14, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Shame-based systems don’t always self-correct through insight. When visibility is experienced as judgment, the Audience shifts into an Army, and behavior changes. #DevelopmentalPsychology #TraumaResearch
The Abuse Cycle isn't a Mystery. It's a Reversed Peekaboo game
pantheory.group/2025/12/07/t... #AbuseCycle #Peekaboo
pantheory.group/2025/12/07/t... #AbuseCycle #Peekaboo
When Shame Turns Structure Invisible, Visibility Restores Safety
Origins: Chapter 3 as the Structural Blueprint The structural core of the PAN-Theory emerged during adolescence (ages 11–18), the period in which internal coherence must consolidate while external …
pantheory.group
January 14, 2026 at 12:29 AM
The Abuse Cycle isn't a Mystery. It's a Reversed Peekaboo game
pantheory.group/2025/12/07/t... #AbuseCycle #Peekaboo
pantheory.group/2025/12/07/t... #AbuseCycle #Peekaboo
Psychologists and psychiatrists are questioning the DSM-5 as a labeling system. That's exactly why PAN Theory was developed.
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pointer.kro-ncrv.nl/psychologen-... #GGZ #Psychiatry
Psychologen en psychiaters willen af van DSM-5 als kassabonnetje voor de verzekering
’De DSM-5 werkt stigmatiserend', zeggen psychologen en psychiaters in een rondgang. Het handboek voor psychiatrie zorgt voor ‘hokjesdenken’ en ‘labels’ plakken.||88 procent van de psychologen en psych...
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January 8, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Psychologists and psychiatrists are questioning the DSM-5 as a labeling system. That's exactly why PAN Theory was developed.
pointer.kro-ncrv.nl/psychologen-... #GGZ #Psychiatry
pointer.kro-ncrv.nl/psychologen-... #GGZ #Psychiatry
Labels explain people after the damage. PAN looks earlier, where hidden patterns already make harm inevitable. #HiddenPatterns
January 8, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Labels explain people after the damage. PAN looks earlier, where hidden patterns already make harm inevitable. #HiddenPatterns
David Elkind's Imaginary Audience was brilliant. But it missed a counter-force. As Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein showed: without counter-forces, theories don’t deepen, they remain descriptive. #Psychology
January 8, 2026 at 11:54 AM
David Elkind's Imaginary Audience was brilliant. But it missed a counter-force. As Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein showed: without counter-forces, theories don’t deepen, they remain descriptive. #Psychology
When researchers leave psychology because of unsafe climates, something is structurally wrong. I genuinely hope other institutions are doing better.
advalvas.vu.nl/en/column-bl... #VUAmsterdam
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Why so many researchers have left Psychology
LONGREAD - In Cognitive Psychology, a senior professor who intimidates his staff. And people in Social and Organizational Psychology who feel they have been misled and played off against each other. O...
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January 7, 2026 at 3:53 PM
When researchers leave psychology because of unsafe climates, something is structurally wrong. I genuinely hope other institutions are doing better.
advalvas.vu.nl/en/column-bl... #VUAmsterdam
advalvas.vu.nl/en/column-bl... #VUAmsterdam
Every theory has an opposite force. Fight-Flight-Freeze. Id-Ego-Superego. Drama Triangle. Audience - Army. Same structure. Different names. #DavidElkind #Psychology
January 7, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Every theory has an opposite force. Fight-Flight-Freeze. Id-Ego-Superego. Drama Triangle. Audience - Army. Same structure. Different names. #DavidElkind #Psychology
Child abuse isn’t hidden. We just never built a framework to detect it. PAN does. Even in families driven by narcissistic dynamics. #PANtheory
January 7, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Child abuse isn’t hidden. We just never built a framework to detect it. PAN does. Even in families driven by narcissistic dynamics. #PANtheory