Catastrophic Fear, Symbolic Cognition, and Cross‑Domain Pattern Resonance: The Complete Monograph and Integration Case Study

This volume presents a complete exploration of how a single adolescent fear—the question “what if there is a black hole?”—expanded into a mythic-scalesymbolic architecture spanning culture, science, music, geometry, dreams,and identity. Across fourteen chapters and an epilogue, the monograph traces the formation,expansion, peak, collapse, and integration of this architecture. The academicpaper provides the formal theoretical framing: catastrophic fear, symboliccognition, cross-domain pattern resonance, narrative gravity, and theintegration event. Together, these works form a unified case study in how emotional geometryshapes symbolic reasoning, how mythic structures emerge from ordinary fears,and how integration restores clarity, grounded meaning, and identity. Matthew CarloHolyhead, Wales2026 KEYWORDScatastrophic illusions; cognitive bias; emotional encoding; identity fusion; symbolic cognition; adolescent psychology; social contagion; narrative coherence; hyperactive agency detection; fear-based narratives; psychological grounding; reflective reframing; autobiographical case study; catastrophic thinking; meaning-making; emotional memory; cultural narratives; science communication; existential anxiety SUBJECTSPsychology; Cognitive Science; Developmental Psychology; Social Psychology; Identity Studies; Emotion and Memory Research; Cultural Studies; Media Studies; Science Communication; Mental Health; Narrative Psychology; Fear and Anxiety Research; Adolescent Development; Autobiographical Analysis; Case Study Methodology Contact: matthewcarlo.research@gmail.com