Push-Pull Orbit (Fortress $\leftrightarrow$ Swarm)

The Push-Pull Orbit is a dynamic oscillation on the Axis of Relation. It corresponds to Disorganized Attachment. It is the conflict between the terror of intimacy and the terror of abandonment.

The Cycle

1. Approach: The need for connection arises (Swarm-energy).
2. Trigger (Intimacy): As closeness happens, the Fortress-Exile (Betrayal) panics.
3. Withdraw: The Fortress takes over and pushes away/walls off.
4. Trigger (Isolation): As distance grows, the Swarm-Exile (Abandonment) panics.
5. Cling: The Swarm takes over and frantically pursues.
6. Repeat: The cycle can happen over months or within minutes.

The Double Bind

The core wound is usually that the Source of Safety was also the Source of Danger. The system cannot settle in either state.

Resolution

• Key: Building a “Safe Center” where neither pole is triggered.
• Path: Earned Security through consistent, boundaried connection.
• Target: Sovereign Cooperation.