NPCs are not soulless automatons

NPCs are egregore-controlled humans, they still have an independent mind but their mind is enslaved and used as a tool for expressing the egregore mind, like a two-way radio channel.
see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egregore
Its possible to disrupt the link to egregore by subversive thought insertion(aka memes), allowing the original mind to assert its will and independent thought. The egregore can't focus on multiple mental challenges simultaneously and the "radio channel" has limited capacity.
NPCs can be reformed to PCs.

What is actually happening to NPC with all these "reactive thinking patterns", emotional instability and lack of control? Hormonal changes!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Endocrine_disruptors
Everything wrong with public health today:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endocrine_diseases
Major endocrine glands. (Male left, female on the right.) 1. Pineal gland 2. Pituitary gland 3. Thyroid gland 4. Thymus 5. Adrenal gland 6. Pancreas 7. Ovary 8. Testes

Diabetes -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endocrine_diseases#Glucose_homeostasis_disorders

LGBTQBRAAP+++ emerging from -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endocrine_diseases#Sex_hormone_disorders

Constant fatigue/Hypothyroidism/Depression -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endocrine_diseases#Thyroid_disorders