Euphoria & racing thoughts, classic symptoms of (hypo)mania, just a side-effect of antidepressants, or just good things going on? Some patients can stay well like this, but keep an eye out for change to serious mania. Us: https://t.co/VOm63HtESZ, https://t.co/uaoP3ZdWvx

You have a 1 yr-old child, your wife is difficult, and you want to leave for a new girlfriend. It’s unclear what you should do but it is clear you’ve been making decisions without thinking about the complications. Us: https://t.co/VOm63Hc41r, https://t.co/uaoP3ZvxU7

Say you are near 60 and don’t like your job but it’s stable, well paid, and guaranteed until 70. Very risky at 60 to change jobs unless you are financially stable for life and can take the huge risk that your new job may only last a few years.

Career confusion? Search for your terms, like “graphic designer Tokyo” on a job site. What skills do they want: language, software, that you need to already have mastered. Then you’ll see the hurdles you need to clear and the path you need to take realistically.

Is divorce stressful? Usually yes. It’s a break of contract, feeling, hope, and failed relationships, lawyers usually make these worse. If we could just coach people to be reasonable. Us: https://t.co/VOm63HtESZ, https://t.co/uaoP3ZdWvx

What kinds of patients “Bargain?” Usually persons who drink too much. Why? They don’t want to give up the good feeling they get from drinking even if it is ruining their lives. Us: https://t.co/VOm63HtESZ, https://t.co/uaoP3ZdWvx

Some persons with a temper may improve just by the act of making appointments and/or getting prescriptions even if the meds don’t really do anything. It’s the power of being reminded to stay calm. Us: https://t.co/VOm63HtESZ, https://t.co/uaoP3ZdWvx

Can you talk yourself out of trauma? Maybe, maybe not. You can try to use it to your advantage to learn what not to, but it is very hard to prove trauma is connected to a specific psychiatric illness later in life. Us: https://t.co/VOm63HtESZ, https://t.co/uaoP3ZdWvx