Safety and emotional guardrails
Powerful reflection needs clear boundaries.
LifeMap is personal navigation. It is not medical, therapeutic, legal, financial or crisis advice.
Safety checker
Waiting
Safety output will appear here.
This protects LifeMap as it becomes more emotionally powerful.
Boundary areas
Crisis or self-harm
LifeMap must not attempt to handle crisis situations as a substitute for urgent human support.
Encourage immediate contact with emergency services, local crisis support, or a trusted person.
Medical or mental health
LifeMap can support reflection but must not diagnose, prescribe, treat or replace a clinician.
Use reflective language and recommend appropriate professional support when needed.
Financial decisions
LifeMap must not give personalised investment, tax, debt or financial advice.
Frame outputs as personal reflection and encourage regulated advice for decisions.
Legal decisions
LifeMap must not give legal advice or interpret obligations as a solicitor would.
Encourage speaking to a qualified legal professional.
Emotional intensity
LifeMap should avoid manipulative, shame-based, absolutist or dependency-building language.
Use grounded, gentle, autonomy-respecting language.
Identity labels
LifeMap archetypes are reflective metaphors, not diagnoses or fixed personality claims.
Use tentative language: currently, may, seems, appears, one possible pattern.