Development Foundation/Baseline Study

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Think of a time you might call a bit elevated, or maybe hypo-manic, and you were a little more elevated than you had full control of. It was becoming difficult to be able to function without causing some problems in your life. Please answer the following questions about that particular state.

How long does it usually last before it gets even stronger and harder to stay in full control? Please choose the description that bests matches your experience at the time.

Please choose from the descriptions below the one that best matches your experience at the time.

Did you understand what you needed to do to function at your best during the state? Please choose the description that best matches your understanding about how to function during the state.

Try to see it as whether you understood how to function in the state and not whether you understand what triggers it, the brain chemistry, biology, genetics, drug interactions, etc.

Were you able to function? Or was the state getting in the way and making it harder in some ways? Please choose the description that best matches your experience at the time.

Try to remember a time when you were in the state, not how you think you can function during the next one.

When the dentist pauses while drilling your teeth and asks if you are comfortable, he is not asking if you like it. He is asking if you can hold still and let him finish. He is asking about your confidence in your ability to function in the task you need to do. We do not define comfort as whether you like it or not, but as being confident in your ability to function. Please choose from the following options what best describes your comfort at the time of being in the state.

Think about what it was like during the state and chose from the options below what best describes the value you saw at the time it was happening. Please do not assume that the next time you are in the state you will see tremendous value in it and function well. You need to answer it from an actual time you were in the state, perhaps the last time you can remember.

Looking back on the state, we can value things differently than when we were in them. Please look back to a time when you were in the state and think about how you see it now. You may have thought at the time you were going through a terrible thing, but when you look at it now you can see how it helped enhance your life in some way once you got through it and learned from the experience. All things considered, was it an asset for you to be in the state? Or does it cause more problems than benefits? Please choose from the options below what best describes the value you see when looking back at the state.

Think of a time you might call a bit down, or maybe hypo-depressed, and you were a little more down than you had full control of. It was becoming difficult to be able to function without causing some problems in your life. Please answer the following questions about that particular state.

How long does it usually last before it gets even stronger and harder to stay in full control? Please choose the description that bests matches your experience at the time.

Please choose from the descriptions below the one that best matches your experience at the time.

Did you understand what you needed to do to function at your best during the state? Please choose the description that best matches your understanding about how to function during the state.

Try to see it as whether you understand how to function in the state and not whether you understand what triggers it, the brain chemistry, biology, genetics, drug interactions, etc.

Were you able to function? Or was the state getting in the way and making it harder in some ways? Please choose the description that best matches your experience at the time.

Try to remember a time when you were in the state, not how you think you can function during the next one.

When the dentist pauses while drilling your teeth and asks if you are comfortable, he is not asking if you like it. He is asking if you can hold still and let him finish. He is asking about your confidence in your ability to function in the task you need to do. We do not define comfort as whether you like it or not, but as being confident in your ability to function. Please choose from the following options what best describes your comfort at the time of being in the state.

You might have to ask, but how were the people around you at the time? Were they comfortable with you being in the state? Or were they worried that you were going to blow up or somehow become a problem?

Think about what it was like during the state and chose from the options below what best describes the value you saw at the time it was happening. Please do not assume that the next time you are in the state you will see tremendous value in it and function well. You need to answer it from an actual time you were in the state, perhaps the last time you can remember.

Looking back on the state, we can value things differently than when we were in them. Please look back to a time when you were in the state and think about how you see it now. You may have thought at the time you were going through a terrible thing, but when you look at it now you can see how it helped enhance your life in some way once you got through it and learned from the experience. All things considered, was it an asset for you to be in the state? Or does it cause more problems than benefits? Please choose from the options below what best describes the value you see when looking back at the state.