In my opinion, you can’t fix what you can’t define. Sure there are certain labels that are hurtful, mean and derogatory and have no place in society. Had I not been defined as a codependent I would not have been able to address the things in my life that continued to cause me hurt and pain. I would not have the ability today to let go of toxic relationships or in the belief that I was responsible to fix someone else.
I chuckled when I read your terms of state 1, state 2 analog, state =0.185 because in my recovery group there is a gentleman who started out calling his wife – wife .01 today he calls his wife- wife 12.3.5 Seems with each detox, rehab, days in a 12 step program, counseling, etc. he defines those in the term of a system upgrade and then a fix to those upgrades.