Read the scenarios and answer the questions that follow.

Scenario 1: Jane has just lost her mother. She is still devastated by her loss. Recently, her husband has told her that he wants a divorce after the "neglect" he experienced while taking care of her mother. Additionally, they also have significant financial debt due to late payments for the mortgage and utility bills. The banks are constantly calling her to find out when they would receive payments. Jane feels overwhelmed, she deals with her problems by keeping them "bottled up" inside and never talks to anyone. As she sits to her table, she is crying and she pens a letter to her husband. She has a chair and rope to the right of her......

Questions

1. What do you think Jane may be thinking of doing? How do you know?

2. What are the reasons why Jane may be deciding to do things?

3. What would you have advised Jane to do prior regarding the problems in her life?

Scenario 2: Tom is a nice and happy man most of the time. He and his friend Jim are always talking about their families and how they are helping at their local church. However, there are times when his mood changes and he sees Jim, he gets very irritated and sometimes lashes out at him for no apparent reason at all. Jim tries to find out what he did to him but to no avail. The next day, Tom talks to Jim in a nice and calm way again. He seem not aware of the way he treated Jim the day before.

Questions

1. What psychological disorder may Tom be displaying? How do you know?

2. What advice would you give to Jim on how to deal with Tom?

3. What advice would you offer or give to Tom?