Framework shows hallucinations result from coherence-seeking in schizophrenia, indicating radical geometric resolution is necessary.
We apply the Identity Axis Framework to schizophrenia, showing it is categorically distinct from all prior framework entries. It is not cellular identity drift producing a local failure; it is a three-level cascade in which parvalbumin (PV) interneuron identity loss (EZH2/H3K27me3 at PVALB/SST/GAD67 loci silencing LHX6/NKX2-1) produces cortical gamma coherence collapse, which produces a cognitive false attractor: the confabulated reality model (hallucinations and delusions). The hallucination is not the disease. It is the solution: the most coherent narrative a coherence-seeking system can generate from incoherent circuit noise. When the Hub lock is released and the Identity Anchor restored, the noise disappears and the confabulation collapses radically and irrevocably --- not gradually. We derive the full N-dimensional presentation manifold: 3 dimensions for the emergence condition (genetic depth, developmental pruning trajectory, external perturbation); additional dimensions for the presentation signature (which of five circuit identity systems have co-failed). We derive the first geometric account of catatonia as independent Motor Identity System (Circuit 2) failure, explaining its occurrence across diagnostic categories. We identify the 22q11.2 deletion as a constitutive multi-circuit failure proof. We derive a dimension-specific integrated treatment protocol: TDI-6118 (CNS-penetrant EZH2 inhibitor) targeting the cellular Hub lock; LHX6-directed AAV for Identity Anchor restoration; 40 Hz sensory entrainment (GENUS) for circuit rehabilitation; antipsychotics repositioned as bridging agents only. Nine falsifiable predictions are stated and timestamped 2026-03-09.
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