The Crumb-Chase Circuit is the name used in Living on Love Crumbs for the sequence that can form around inconsistent contact.
A small sign arrives. Something lifts. Hope and imagination rush forward. Attention reaches. Behaviour begins organising around securing the next piece of contact.
The term does not diagnose love or shame longing. It makes the choreography easier to notice.
Different from: desire. Desire can remain connected to choice. The circuit describes a repeating chase organised by the uncertainty of supply.
Related: Emotional Hunger; Intermittent Reinforcement; Contact; Living on Love Crumbs.
