Lets use the example of someone who compartmentalizes their emotions and experiences to illustrate the Twelve Nidanas of dependent origination.
1. Ignorance (avijja): The person may lack an understanding of the interconnectedness and impermanence of phenomena, including their own emotions and experiences.
2. Mental formations (sankhara): Due to ignorance, the person has formed habitual patterns of compartmentalizing their emotions and experiences as a way of avoiding uncomfortable or overwhelming feelings.
3. Consciousness (viññana): The persons consciousness is conditioned by these mental formations, resulting in a tendency to compartmentalize their emotional experiences.
4. Name and form (nama-rupa): The persons body and mind manifest in a way that allows for compartmentalizing emotions and experiences.
5. The six sense bases (salayatana): The persons sense organs interact with their environment.
6. Contact (phassa): The person encounters situations or experiences that may trigger uncomfortable or overwhelming emotions or thoughts.
7. Feeling (vedana): The person experiences pleasant, unpleasant or neutral feelings from the encountered situations or experiences.
8. Craving (tanha): If the feelings experienced are unpleasant, the person may crave relief from them and may be motivated to compartmentalize those experiences.
9. Clinging (upadana): The person clings to the idea of compartmentalizing their feelings as a means of coping with stress, avoiding negative emotions and experiences.
10. Becoming (bhava): This clinging reinforces the persons habitual pattern of compartmentalizing, leading to further repetition of this pattern.
11. Birth (jati): The habit of compartmentalizing gives rise to a state of mind in which the person is unable to experience the full range of their emotions, leading to a lack of emotional awareness and empathy towards others.
12. Old age and death (jara-marana): An unaddressed habit of compartmentalizing emotions and experiences can contribute to psychological difficulties, social isolation, and physical ailments brought on by stress and negative thoughts.
This example shows how the Twelve Nidanas can apply to the habit of compartmentalizing emotions and experiences. Understanding the cycle of dependent origination can help break the habit of compartmentalization, leading to greater emotional self-awareness, empathy towards others, and ultimately freedom from suffering.

How to break cycle at each point:

To break the cycle of dependent origination at each point in the example of someone who compartmentalizes their emotions, we can apply the following approaches:

1. Ignorance (avijja): The person needs to develop an understanding of the interconnectedness and impermanence of phenomena, including their own emotions and experiences. They can do this by studying Buddhist teachings or seeking guidance from a teacher or therapist who specializes in mindfulness and emotional awareness.

2. Mental formations (sankhara): To break this link, the person needs to cultivate new habits that are more conducive to emotional awareness and mindfulness. This may involve practicing meditation, journaling, or seeking therapy to identify underlying patterns and develop new coping mechanisms.

3. Consciousness (viññana): The person needs to train their consciousness to be more aware of their emotions and experiences in the present moment. They can do this by practicing mindfulness meditation or seeking guidance from a therapist who specializes in mindfulness-based therapies.

4. Name and form (nama-rupa): To break this link, the person needs to develop greater self-awareness and cultivate new habits that promote emotional intelligence and empathy. They also need to be more aware of how their mind and body interact and respond to various stimuli.

5. The six sense bases (salayatana): The person needs to be more aware of how their senses interact with their environment and how this influences their emotional experiences. They can practice mindfulness of the senses to develop greater awareness of sensory input and its relationship to emotions.

6. Contact (phassa): The goal here is to develop a greater awareness of how contact with different environments, people, and situations triggers specific emotional responses. This allows the person to recognize and respond to these emotions skillfully, without the need to compartmentalize them.

7. Feeling (vedana): To break this link, the person needs to be more aware of the range of feelings they experience and be able to recognize them in the moment. They can practice mindfulness of emotions to develop this skill.

8. Craving (tanha): The person needs to recognize and accept that negative emotions and experiences are a natural part of life and cannot be avoided entirely. They can practice self-compassion and cultivate an attitude of non-judgmental awareness toward their emotions, reducing the need to crave relief through compartmentalization.

9. Clinging (upadana): To break this link, the person needs to cultivate greater awareness of how compulsive behaviors, such as compartmentalization, contribute to negative emotions and experiences. They can practice mindfulness and develop a deeper understanding of impermanence to reduce attachment and clinging to these behaviors.

10. Becoming (bhava): To break this link, the person needs to develop new habits that promote mindfulness and emotional awareness. This involves practicing meditation, seeking therapy, and cultivating positive mental and emotional states that support more adaptive coping mechanisms.

11. Birth (jati): The goal here is to develop greater emotional awareness and empathy towards others, which can reduce feelings of social isolation and improve mental and emotional well-being.

12. Old age and death (jara-marana): The goal here is to prevent stress-related physical and mental health problems by developing new habits that support greater mindfulness, emotional awareness, and adaptive coping mechanisms. This involves seeking therapy and developing a daily practice of meditation or other mindfulness-based interventions.