FAQ: Solipsism 2.0, Non-Player Characters (NPCs), and Navigating Reality

The “Placeholder” Role: The psychiatrist, in this model, serves a function (e.g., confrontation, diagnosis, perceived threat) within Gloomy’s current rendering of reality. When Gloomy is no longer directly engaging with that structure (i.e., closing the door and shifting focus), the entity may revert to being a placeholder or a “node” that maintains the appearance of continuity without requiring “full autonomy or depth”.