A metacognitive loop is a recursive mode of self-analysis in which the mind begins observing its own operations: a thought is noticed, then the observation is analyzed, then the analysis itself is analyzed. The system tries to describe its own functioning endlessly — like a process that started logging its own log. The loop amplifies cognitive noise and substitutes life with a report about life. Exit usually happens not through “finer” analysis, but by stopping recursion: ending commentary and returning to direct experiencing of what is happening.