It seems to me that the role function is a kind of corrective, parental function, that takes over when PoLR pressure or guilt transpires. For instance, my role function is , and when I feel like I am being lazy, my kicks in and tries to force me into a kind of tough love mentality with myself, and sort of kicks me out of the habit. However, I believe the real problem with causing my laziness is , and is simply a more pleasant way of dealing with the symptoms of my PoLR, without the pain of trying to cope with the weakness. Any pressure on the PoLR is very uncomfortable, and blaming it laziness, or lack of , instead of the real problem seems to be at least one of the uses of the role function (at least mine).