6Chapter 6: The Architecture of Surrender
16Chapter 16: The Metabolic Cost of Pretending
7Chapter 7: The Architecture of Surrender: Shame and the Default Mode Network
17Chapter 17: The Echo Chamber of Exhaustion
8Chapter 8: The Extinction of Anticipated Reward
18Chapter 18: The Neurological Costs of Lying to Yourself
9Chapter 9: The Geometry of Despair: The Lateral Habenula and the Permanence Trap
19Chapter 19: The Deletion Protocol: Skill Atrophy as Efficiency Optimization
10Chapter 10: The Anatomical Alibi: When Safety Becomes Paralysis
20Chapter 20: The Final Atrophy: The Mind's Ghost
