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%% Experienced events, memory, mood and breakdowns | Dwarf Fortress 53.16 | checked 2026-09-19
%% Node sources and edge claims: ../SOURCE-INDEX.md and ../systems-data.json
classDef state fill:#edf4fb,stroke:#557795,color:#152b40;
classDef process fill:#eaf5f0,stroke:#46795f,color:#173c29;
classDef control fill:#f0edfb,stroke:#79619b,color:#332552;
classDef report fill:#f0f1f3,stroke:#7a828a,color:#333b43,stroke-dasharray:3 3;
classDef inferred fill:#fff3da,stroke:#ad6900,color:#633d00,stroke-width:2px,stroke-dasharray:6 4;
classDef uncertain fill:#fff0f1,stroke:#b34150,color:#712631,stroke-width:2px,stroke-dasharray:2 4;
subgraph sg0["Connections to other panels"]
P_PERSON["Personality facets"]:::state
P_VALUES["Personal values"]:::state
P_NEEDS["Psychological needs"]:::state
P_BEHAVIOR("Autonomous behavior"):::process
J_WORK("Job execution"):::process
end
subgraph sg1["Experience"]
P_THOUGHT["Experienced events / thoughts"]:::state
P_EMOTION["Emotions"]:::state
end
subgraph sg2["Memory"]
P_MEMORY["Short / long-term memories"]:::state
P_RECALL("Recall past experience"):::process
P_CORE["Core memories"]:::state
P_TIME("Passing time"):::process
end
subgraph sg3["Stress"]
P_STRESS["Short-term stress / mood"]:::state
P_CHRONIC["Long-term stress"]:::state
P_BREAKDOWN("Temporary breakdown"):::process
P_INSANITY["Irreversible insanity"]:::state
end
subgraph sg4["Reports"]
P_REPORT[/"Personality / thoughts
display"/]:::report
end
subgraph sg5["Cross-system inputs"]
W_ENV["Local environment"]:::state
S_REL["Relationships and allegiances"]:::state
C_HEALTH["Injuries and illness"]:::state
C_DEATH["Death and corpses"]:::state
end
subgraph sg6["Cross-system outputs"]
G_CRIME["Criminal acts / offenses"]:::state
end
P_TIME -->|"unmet needs worsen"| P_NEEDS
%% edge 1: PS_NEED
W_ENV -->|"weather and hazards trigger"| P_THOUGHT
%% edge 2: PS_THOUGHT
C_HEALTH -->|"pain and illness trigger"| P_THOUGHT
%% edge 3: PS_THOUGHT
C_DEATH -->|"witnessed death triggers"| P_THOUGHT
%% edge 4: PS_THOUGHT
S_REL -->|"social contact and loss
trigger"| P_THOUGHT
%% edge 5: PS_REL
P_THOUGHT -->|"elicits emotional response"| P_EMOTION
%% edge 6: PS_THOUGHT
P_EMOTION -->|"strength selects stored
events"| P_MEMORY
%% edge 7: PS_MEMORY
P_TIME -->|"eligible memories persist or
replace"| P_MEMORY
%% edge 8: PS_MEMORY
P_MEMORY -->|"supplies remembered event"| P_RECALL
%% edge 9: PS_MEMORY
P_RECALL -->|"re-evokes emotion"| P_EMOTION
%% edge 10: PS_MEMORY
P_RECALL -->|"eligible memories become core"| P_CORE
%% edge 11: PS_MEMORY
P_CORE -->|"can permanently change facets"| P_PERSON
%% edge 12: PS_MEMORY
P_CORE -->|"can permanently change
beliefs"| P_VALUES
%% edge 13: PS_MEMORY
P_EMOTION -->|"adds or subtracts stress"| P_STRESS
%% edge 14: PS_EMOTION, PS_STRESS
P_TIME -->|"drifts toward neutral"| P_STRESS
%% edge 15: PS_STRESS
P_STRESS -->|"gradually accumulates or
recedes"| P_CHRONIC
%% edge 16: PS_STRESS
P_STRESS -->|"bad mood plus chronic stress
risks"| P_BREAKDOWN
%% edge 17: PS_STRESS
P_CHRONIC -->|"high stress plus bad mood
risks"| P_BREAKDOWN
%% edge 18: PS_STRESS
P_CHRONIC -->|"harrowed plus new trauma
risks"| P_INSANITY
%% edge 19: PS_STRESS
P_BREAKDOWN -->|"causes tantrum or withdrawal"| P_BEHAVIOR
%% edge 20: PS_BREAK
P_BREAKDOWN -->|"cancels current job"| J_WORK
%% edge 21: PS_BREAK
P_BREAKDOWN -->|"tantrums can injure others"| C_HEALTH
%% edge 22: PS_BREAK
P_BREAKDOWN -->|"tantrum damage creates
offenses"| G_CRIME
%% edge 23: PS_JUSTICE
P_INSANITY -->|"replaces ordinary behavior"| P_BEHAVIOR
%% edge 24: PS_BREAK
P_MEMORY -->|"reports recent history; not
exact slots"| P_REPORT
%% edge 25: PS_MEMORY
P_STRESS -->|"summarizes mood"| P_REPORT
%% edge 26: PS_STRESS
click P_PERSON "https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Personality_facet" "P_PERSON: Personality facet" _blank
click P_VALUES "https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Personality_value" "P_VALUES: Personality value" _blank
click P_NEEDS "https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Need" "P_NEEDS: Need" _blank
click P_BEHAVIOR "https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Need" "P_BEHAVIOR: Need" _blank
click P_THOUGHT "https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Thought" "P_THOUGHT: Thought" _blank
click P_EMOTION "https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Emotion" "P_EMOTION: Emotion" _blank
click P_MEMORY "https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Memory_(thought)" "P_MEMORY: Memory (thought)" _blank
click P_RECALL "https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Memory_(thought)" "P_RECALL: Memory (thought)" _blank
click P_CORE "https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Memory_(thought)" "P_CORE: Memory (thought)" _blank
click P_STRESS "https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Stress" "P_STRESS: Stress" _blank
click P_CHRONIC "https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Stress" "P_CHRONIC: Stress" _blank
click P_BREAKDOWN "https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Mental_breakdown" "P_BREAKDOWN: Mental breakdown" _blank
click P_INSANITY "https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Mental_breakdown" "P_INSANITY: Mental breakdown" _blank
click P_TIME "https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Memory_(thought)" "P_TIME: Memory (thought)" _blank
click P_REPORT "https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Personality_facet" "P_REPORT: Personality facet" _blank
click W_ENV "https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Thought" "W_ENV: Thought" _blank
click S_REL "https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Relationship" "S_REL: Relationship" _blank
click J_WORK "https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Skill" "J_WORK: Skill" _blank
click C_HEALTH "https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Thought" "C_HEALTH: Thought" _blank
click C_DEATH "https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Relationship" "C_DEATH: Relationship" _blank
click G_CRIME "https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Justice" "G_CRIME: Justice" _blank