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Drift detection + therapist-handoff suggestion.
The coaching report sometimes flags "drift" and suggests considering professional support. It is a pattern hint, not a clinical assessment. Here’s exactly what it watches and what to do with it.
Drift detection is a pattern hint in your coaching report — not a clinical assessment. It watches for a sustained, multi-week change in engagement: mission-completion rate trending down, journal sentiment shifting negative, cell-interaction frequency falling, or ritual adherence breaking. Drift isn't one bad week; it's a shift held across three or more weeks. When two or more of those signals cross the threshold at the same time, the report may suggest you consider talking to someone.
The suggestion is consistent and gentle — "you might want to consider talking to someone" — never an instruction. Drift flags are visible only to you on your own coaching report; they aren't shown to your cell-mates and aren't shared with any partners.
What "drift" means here
A multi-week change in engagement patterns: mission-completion rate trending down, journal-sentiment shifting negative, frequency of cell interactions falling, ritual adherence breaking. Drift isn’t one bad week — it’s a sustained shift across three or more weeks. The detector aims for "noticeable enough that you’d say something at a check-in" rather than "any change in any number."
What triggers the therapist-handoff suggestion
When drift in two or more dimensions crosses the threshold at the same time. One signal moving alone is a fluctuation; two or more signals moving together is the pattern we surface. The suggestion is consistent: "you might want to consider talking to someone." It’s not an instruction.
What the suggestion actually does
It surfaces an affiliate therapy list (BetterHelp, Talkspace, Open Path collective, and a handful of in-person finder tools). We get a small affiliate commission if you book through one of them — that’s explicit and disclosed on the page. We don’t prefer one over another in ranking; we don’t feed your data to them; we don’t see whether you book.
What to do with a drift flag
Treat it as a prompt to notice, not as a diagnosis. If it lines up with how you’ve been feeling, the suggestion to talk to someone is worth taking. If it doesn’t, the flag is noise — engagement patterns can drop for a hundred unrelated reasons (work travel, a project, a viral show worth bingeing). The signal is meant for you to interpret, not to act on automatically.
What it is NOT
Not a clinical diagnosis. Not a "your relationship is in trouble" verdict. Not a thing your cell-mates see — drift flags are visible only to you on your own coaching report. Not shared with our affiliate therapy partners. Not factored into any other product surface.
Turning it off
Settings → Coaching → Drift detection. You can disable it entirely or set a sensitivity (relaxed / standard / sensitive). Disabling stops flags but keeps the coaching report itself. There’s no penalty for switching it off.
Frequently asked questions
Is a drift flag telling me my relationship is in trouble?
No. It's a prompt to notice, not a diagnosis or a verdict. Engagement can drop for many unrelated reasons — work travel, a project, a show worth bingeing — so treat it as a signal to interpret, not something to act on automatically.
What does the therapist suggestion actually do?
It surfaces an affiliate therapy list (BetterHelp, Talkspace, Open Path Collective, and some in-person finder tools). We get a small, disclosed affiliate commission if you book through one, we don't rank or prefer any of them, we don't share your data, and we don't see whether you book.
Can my cell-mates see my drift flags?
No. Drift flags are visible only to you on your own coaching report. They aren't shown to other cell members and aren't shared with our affiliate therapy partners or any other product surface.
Can I turn drift detection off?
Yes. Go to Settings → Coaching → Drift detection. You can disable it entirely or set a sensitivity — relaxed, standard, or sensitive. Disabling stops the flags but keeps your coaching report, and there's no penalty for switching it off.