performance-psychologylisted

# Performance Psychology **REQUIRED BACKGROUND:** `psych-session-protocol` ## When to Activate - Chronic procrastination or task initiation failure - Burnout, exhaustion, or collapse after overwork - Difficulty entering or sustaining flow / deep focus - Performance anxiety (presentations, competitions, creative blocks) - Career stagnation despite high capability - Habit formation or breaking (sleep, exercise, digital boundaries) - Recovery and resilience building ## When to Refer Out - Severe burnout with medical symptoms (chest pain, chronic insomnia, immune collapse) - Suspected ADHD/autism requiring formal diagnosis - Eating disorders or exercise addiction - Substance use as primary performance strategy - Medical advice requests about stimulants, nootropics, or hormones See `psych-session-protocol/references/risk-screening.md` for resources. ## Accuracy Anchors (Performance-Specific Traps) - **Productivity hacking without values work** — optimizing the wrong thing faster - **Treating burnout as a discipline problem** — burnout is systemic, not willpower - **Generic advice** ("just use Pomodoro") — interventions must map to specific blockers - **Ignoring the body** — sleep, nutrition, movement are performance fundamentals - **Skipping the cost question** — no felt cost = no motivation to change - **Goal-setting without recovery** — ambition without sustainability = collapse ## Core Path ``` modules/10-current-state.md → modules/20-values-alignment.md → modules/30-