(Translation: English version of Italiano version)
It manifests when unprocessed material exceeds Cognitive Load Theory.
The mind no longer has working memory available to manage it and freezes.
In the case of AI interaction, especially in light of CLI systems that interact with one’s second brain, I see it as one of the consequences of Promethean shame: one feels obligated to keep collecting material (asking the CLI to “find all notes that…”) instead of accepting to stop, research, and embrace the Desirable difficulties necessary for Beneficial offloading.