A living archive
of the framework.
The eight core constructs of HCST™, published as conceptual entries. Each entry is a living document — expanded as the research deepens, and supplemented over time with diagrams, citations, and downloadable papers.
- 01Structural
Load Architecture
Cumulative demand across biological, emotional, cognitive, relational, financial, and environmental domains.
Living entry - 02Structural
Capacity Allocation
The system's continuous triage of finite reserves across competing demands.
Living entry - 03Physiological
Survival Mode Ladder
A graded model of defensive physiology — from capacity window to shutdown zone.
Living entry - 04Physiological
Recovery Debt
Accumulated unmet recovery requirement. Standard rest, in modern environments, frequently fails to discharge it.
Expanding - 05Cognitive
Hope Collapse
A five-stage progression through which chronic overload dismantles future access.
Living entry - 06Cognitive
Flattening & Dimensionality
The progressive narrowing of accessible human experience under sustained load.
Living entry - 07Adaptive
Adaptive Conservation
The system's protective shift toward minimal expenditure under chronic strain.
Living entry - 08Structural
Chronic Overload Loop
The self-sustaining cycle of accumulation, threshold breach, and constrained recovery.
Living entry
Instruments derived from the framework.
Forthcoming reflective assessments and mapping tools built on the constructs above — for understanding patterns of overload, recovery, regulation, and adaptive functioning.