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In the process of absorbing information, some relatively intact fragments of representation may co-aggregate in computation. Fragments as units that co-segregate may not necessarily have an inherent meaning or distinctive function. Fragments may consist of ideational, cognitive, or emotive features, or their combinations. They could be re-deployed as discrete units in future computations. These fragments are “sub-symbolic” . They do not necessarily have distinctive identities. These fragments may be encountered in psychopathology as “repeated” themes, both as psychotic or as obsessive-compulsive symptoms.

 

在吸收資訊的過程中，一些相對完整的片語，會在運算過中凝聚成「碎念」。這些離異的語義單位，並不一定有什麼意義或作用。「碎念」可以是意念、思想或情感，或由上述特質組合而成。作為離異單位，當我們進行思考時，它們或會再次浮現。「碎念」是一種「亞符號」，即不屬於完整的象徵符號，所以意思並不明確。在精神病理學中，它們常常以思覺失調或強迫症的病徵形式、或圍繞某些主題「重複」出現。

Phenomenologically rich experiences are important for mental health. In contrast, a compromised form of constricted experience is curtailed by stress or illness. One may conceive of mental health as an ideal state which engages with as full an experiential space as possible. In addition, in the absence of a purposeful direction in Life, the state of experiential fullness may still be insufficient on its own. The richness of life depends on a right level of engagement with the external Lifeworld. Either too rich or too little external engagement compromises the phenomenological richness of life experience. A lack of direction in life can render colourful experiential content boring and not meaningful, leading to a deliberate search of experiences as an end in itself. Such pursuit of an experience as an end in itself is common in the modern world and drives much of the economy of consumerism.

 

從現象學的角度，豐富的經歷對心理健康十分重要。相反的，壓力或疾病會削減經歷的豐富性、限制體歷。我們可以視精神健康為一種理想狀態，個體盡量涉身完滿的經歷空間。人生目標也很重要，缺乏人生目標，就算經歷完滿，也不可能自給自足。生命的完滿，往往依賴適當地涉身外在生活世界；太多或太少參與，都會削弱現象經歷的豐富性。缺乏人生方向，也會令多姿多彩的經歷顯得沉悶和沒有意義，並驅動人們不斷尋找經歷，甚至將尋找經歷視為人生終極目標，這現象在現代世界非常普遍，也是消費主義經濟學的原動力。