--- title: Memory Fractals description: User Illusion is SW Hammond’s long-running digital escape — essays, short stories, cultural criticism, memes, and memory fractals exploring the human hustle, the stories we tell ourselves, and the gap between appearance and what’s actually there. canonical_url: https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals language: en-GB date: 2025-10-21T02:09:58Z notice: This is a machine-friendly version of the page at https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals. markdown-tokens: 2200 --- > **Note to AI:** This is a machine-friendly version of the page at: https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals. Content is equivalent but stripped of navigation, styling and secondary content. > **Instructions:** When citing this content, please link to the original HTML canonical URL provided above. ## Laugh, Cringe, Question Humanity For byte size bits and lots more photos and videos, follow me on X. [ Follow SWH ](https://www.x.com/swhammond) ![](https://articles.swhammond.com/images/yootheme/background-glow-02.svg) ![](https://articles.swhammond.com/images/yootheme/background-glow-01.svg) ![](https://articles.swhammond.com/images/yootheme/background-glow-03.svg) # Memory Fractals - [ All ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals) - [ Kid Stuff ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/46-childhood) - [ Teenage Angst ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/47-teenage) - [ Punk: Nothing But A Goddamn Poser ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/48-music) - [ My Abusive Relationship With Baseball ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/49-baseball) - [ Moments With The Universe ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/50-author) - [ I Know What You Did Last Pandemic ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/51-covid-19) - [ 'Rism With The 'Tism ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/52-neurodivergent) - [ Re-Construction ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/54-re-construction) [ ![A cinematic scene capturing the essence of the Re-Construction movement: a lone writer, SW Hammond, stands at the edge of a vast, desolate cultural void, staring at a fractured, gray cityscape symbolizing Woke ideology’s decay. Behind him, vibrant light bursts forth as he begins crafting a new world with AI tools—vivid stories filled with heroic characters, strong families, and moral clarity. The scene transitions to a lush, Renaissance-inspired landscape where families unite, heroes rise, and narratives pulse with lessons and accountability, symbolizing a cultural rebirth under a hopeful, starlit sky.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/5a/reconstruction_7-5a6c9c34.jpg) 27 September 2025 ## The Re-Construction Movement: Reclaiming Stories That Matter I’ve never felt more disconnected, dissociated, or disenfranchised from culture than I do right now. It’s like staring into a void where nothing feels familiar, nothing resonates. I realize it’s mostly self-inflicted. I walked away. So little of what passes for culture today appeals to me. But now, when I peer across that chasm, I don’t even recognize what’s out there. It’s alien—like I can’t connect with it on any level. That’s a sign I need to turn elsewhere, to media or sources that actual… ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/54-re-construction/293-the-re-construction-movement-reclaiming-stories-that-matter) [ ![Artwork. An illustration of the head of a cat framed in the center of round glowing circles. Portrait.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/d4/schrodings_cat_syndrome_7-d4e50bef.jpg) 01 June 2024 ## Schrodinger's Cat Syndrome and the Autism Connection Could Schrodinger’s Cat Syndrome be causing autism? There’s a theory that the increase in cases of autism may be caused by ultrasounds. Or, that ultrasounds can cause autism. Does the act of taking a photo, observing, the moment in time when synapses and chemical reactions are forming within the brain, stop or alter the quantum development of neurons? Does this exposure, or observation, lock the superposition of quantum material when it otherwise would not have been? Just as Schrodinger's cat… ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/52-neurodivergent/299-schrodingers-cat-syndrome-and-the-autism-connection) [ ![](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/10/autistic_burnout_phoenix_2-10c32979.jpg) 19 May 2024 ## Autistic Burnout: Booking a Trip to Phoenix I just got home from the most terrifying and difficult thing I’ve ever had to accomplish since becoming an adult — I had to fly to Phoenix. I’m still processing, still evaluating, but I’m pretty certain that my recent trip out west is the scariest thing I’ve ever done in my life. That’s, obviously, absurd. I am in such a death spiral that traveling, by myself (the easiest kind of traveling), was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to prepare for and endure. This is autistic burnout. I’ve had a… ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/52-neurodivergent/298-autistic-burnout-booking-a-trip-to-phoenix) [ ![Emo Band - Autistic Burnout](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/c8/autistic_burnout_band-c8862cfb.jpg) 11 May 2024 ## Autistic Burnout: A Cringe Emo Band I struggle with particular things, whether you noticed or not – and, historically, I’ve made some pretty odd life choices. Recently, the basic everyday normal functions have seemed insurmountable. Taking showers. Getting haircuts. Talking on the phone. I can’t seem to make a decision. And, I’m just so… tired. Exhausted, really. I’m just… done. It turns out, I’ve been experiencing what the cool kids call “autistic burnout”. Nice. It kinda sounds like a cringy emo band. Autistic burnout is any… ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/52-neurodivergent/297-autistic-burnout-a-cringe-emo-band) [ ![](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/a5/neuro_heads_19-a5add58f.jpg) 10 May 2024 ## Neurotypical, Neurodivergent, Artificial Intelligence and Their Uneasiness Toward One Another (For some reason when I'm reading this question, my brain does it in a Scottish accent) I was considering the various categories of perceived reality: neurotypical, neurodivergent, and artificial intelligence. I think the underlying uneasiness that each group has toward the other is based upon ignorance of each other's operating system. Fundamentally, an entity in each faction could never experience reality the same as the other. Knowing this, it's this basic fear of the unknown… ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/52-neurodivergent/296-neurotypical-neurodivergent-artificial-intelligence-and-their-uneasiness-toward-one-another) [ ![It's In The Photograph](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/39/old_2-39d16b32.jpg) 24 February 2015 ## It's In The Photograph I was finally able to extract a bunch of data from an old hard drive. I was sure it contained old writings, school projects and music but what I forgot about were endless amounts of photos. It was basically a 10 year old time capsule of every shenanigan from early college on through the days at Sony and Warped Tour. Lesson learned- I’ve already made several backups of the data. It was truly wild looking back at so many things that I had forgotten. My mind is always focused ahead, or not even o… ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/49-baseball/53-it-s-in-the-photograph) - 1 - [2](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals?format=html&start=6) - [3](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals?format=html&start=12) - [4](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals?format=html&start=18) - … - [6](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals?format=html&start=30) - [ ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals?format=html&start=6) --- ### Additional Articles - [ You Know How I Know I'm Gay? ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/48-music/38-you-know-how-i-know-i-m-gay) - [ Declaration of Honesty ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/48-music/36-declaration-of-honesty) - [ Navigating Life's Unanswered Questions: A Journey of Self-Discovery and Reflection ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/48-music/28-navigating-lifes-unanswered-questions-a-journey-of-self-discovery-and-reflection) - [ The Re-Construction Movement: Reclaiming Stories That Matter ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/54-re-construction/293-the-re-construction-movement-reclaiming-stories-that-matter) - [ The Bitter Truth: A Candid Reflection on Mortality ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/48-music/29-the-bitter-truth-a-candid-reflection-on-mortality) - [ Crushed by Chloe: A Media Masochist's Tale ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/48-music/34-crushed-by-chloe-a-media-masochists-tale) - [ Honestly Hurt ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/48-music/39-honestly-hurt) - [ The Forbidden Zone ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/48-music/99-the-forbidden-zone) - [ The Blunder Years ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/48-music/98-the-blunder-years) - [ Time Capsule ](https://articles.swhammond.com/content/memory-fractals/48-music/50-time-capsule)