// ROOTS
THE ROOTS
Nothing mapped yet
Shared tag
Contradiction
Click any entry to trace its connections
SURFACE
BELOW THE SURFACE
// ACTIVE TAGS
Every tag currently offered when tagging an entry. Click the × on any tag here (or on any tag picker throughout Roots) to hide it - entries already tagged with it keep it, it just stops being offered for new tagging. Find it under Hidden Tags below to restore it or delete it for good.
// THE CONTRADICTOR SYSTEM
Pair a positive tag with the negative one it contradicts (e.g. Desire "Traditional Family" contradicts Belief "Family Is Impossible"), so entries tagged with either side can eventually be linked as confirming or undercutting each other.
Add a pairing
↔ contradicts ↔
Existing pairings
// MERGE DUPLICATE / SYNONYM TAGS
Two tags that mean the same thing but were typed differently (e.g. "Numbing" and "Numbness") don't get auto-matched, they're genuinely different names. Merge one into the other here, every entry using the merged-away tag gets retagged, and it's removed from your tag list.
→ becomes →
Build a profile for someone else - what you think they want, believe, fear, value, and more, using the same vocabulary you use to map yourself. This is your perception of them, not verified fact about them - kept fully separate from your own Patterns, Mind Map, and Contradictions by default (see the toggle in Filters).
Map out your ideal self using the same 9 categories as your real entries, then see how it compares to where you actually are. This is aspirational, not a record of who you are today - kept fully separate from your own Patterns, Mind Map, and Contradictions.
Built from what you've already entered - shared tags, entries linked to the same person, things that have sat unresolved a while - laid out as things that might be worth a second look. Nothing here is a diagnosis or fires on its own; it only reflects facts already in your own data, and you decide whether any of it fits.
// ADD AN ENTRY
ADD AN ENTRY
// ADD A PERSON
ADD A PERSON
Just enough to start a profile - build out everything else from their page.
Name
Relationship (optional)
Notes (optional)
// ADD AN ENTRY
ADD AN ENTRY
// MAPPING
ADD AN ENTRY
// WHAT ARE YOU ADDING?
ADD BELOW THE SURFACE
Pick which kind of entry this is.
// CHECK A PATTERN
COMMON PATTERNS
Not a diagnosis - just a reflection prompt. Answering never produces a score.
// SURFACE RECURRENCE
IT HAPPENED AGAIN
Defaults to right now - only change it if you're logging something that happened a little earlier.
When
Difficulty to Control
How hard was it to stop or resist this time, 0 = barely noticeable, 10 = felt impossible to stop.
5
What triggered it? (optional)
Pick anything that set this off - helps surface real patterns over time.
Your Pattern For This Habit
Previously logged
// REVERSE ENGINEERING THE WHY
WHAT ARE YOU TRACING?
Pick what you want to reverse-engineer. Each one runs its own short, click-driven wizard tailored to that trait, then saves one new entry once you review it.