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Start with what's happening · 11 pages

Start with what's happening

No diagnosis required - start from the feeling, get the tool, the number, and the route.

ADHD

Adult ADHD: what helps, what it costs, and the diagnosis question

Maybe it was never laziness. The adult ADHD route in California — when you need testing vs. an interview, what treatment involves, every cost.

AFTER THE FIRE

After the fire

After a wildfire: the free crisis counseling FEMA funds, the delayed grief nobody warns you about, and how to get care when your paperwork burned too.

ANXIETY

Anxiety that won't switch off

When worry stops being useful and starts running the show: what actually helps, who to see, what it costs in California, and one thing to try tonight.

BIPOLAR

Bipolar disorder: why the answer is therapy AND meds, not either

Bipolar is the condition where medication is the foundation and therapy is the force multiplier. Building both in California, and what each costs.

BURNOUT

Burned out at work

Burnout is occupational, not a character flaw. What helps beyond rest, when it's become depression, and the California leave laws that buy you time.

INSOMNIA

Can't sleep: what actually works, and why it isn't a pill

CBT-I beats sleeping pills long-term and is the first-line insomnia treatment. How it works, how to find it in California, and every cost route.

EATING DISORDERS

Eating disorders: the levels-of-care map nobody hands you

From weekly therapy to residential — how eating disorder care levels work, who belongs where, the insurance rules, and where the free help is.

DEPRESSION

Nothing feels worth doing

When flat has become the weather: what depression treatment actually looks like, what it costs in California, and the smallest first step that counts.

OCD

OCD: what helps, what it costs, and the therapist-matching trap to avoid

OCD has a gold-standard treatment most therapists aren't trained in. How to find real ERP in California, what it costs, and what makes OCD worse.

PANIC

Panic attacks: what helps, what it costs, and why the ER keeps saying you're fine

Panic disorder is among the most fixable conditions in mental health — often in 8–14 sessions. What panic is, what actually treats it, California costs.

TRAUMA

Something happened, and it's still happening to you

Flashbacks, hypervigilance, the body that won't stand down — trauma has specific, effective treatments. Which ones, who does them, what they cost.