# identity crisis (anchor)

*Ordinarily means:* when someone feels unsure about who they are

a self-model whose parameter drifts while the model and the thing it models are similar, so no separate boundary can act as a wall to show when the model leaves its window

- Computed level: L15 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: self-model drift

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [self-model](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-self-model.reflexive), [parameter](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-parameter.condition), [drift](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-drift.aimless), [wall](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-wall.range-end), [window](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-window.range), [boundary](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-boundary.limit)

**Through:** the parameter drifts without a separate boundary, so there is no wall to mark the limit of the model's window

**Novel properties:**
- lack of external anchor

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-identity-crisis.anchor*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-identity-crisis.anchor.json*  
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