Chronophobia as Temporal-Dread Wrong Attractor: A Displacement Framework Analysis

This paper applies the Displacement Framework to chronophobia, analysing it as a wrong-attractor state in which fear of time's passage becomes a self-reinforcing attractor basin. Using displacement cost D(ξ), accumulated displacement Φ, and basin geometry, we show how temporal dread increases displacement cost for present-moment engagement, trapping subjects in anticipatory avoidance cycles.

Nine formal propositions characterise the dread-accumulation mechanism, the role of mortality salience in deepening basin depth, and return paths toward temporal presence. Published as part of The Phronesis Issues preprint series.