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What Causes Erratic Behaviour And Extreme Mood Swings?

Wanda (age 19) works nights at the local diner. Work isn’t going very well for Wanda. Her boss finds her moods to be erratic. She seems confused. She lives with her mother and stepfather. Her stepfather married her mother when Wanda was seven years old. Wanda, who previously had not wet her bed, began to wet her bed after her stepfather moved in with her mother. Since that time, Wanda has displayed different personalities when having to deal with stressful situations. At times Wanda can’t remember how she has spent her day. When going to work, Wanda wears different types of clothing depending on how she is feeling that day. Sometimes the clothing is rather provocative, other times it is demure and rather cute. Her boss and her mother often complain that they don’t know which Wanda they will see that day.
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Hello there, I see that your friend Wanda has been so from her childhood itself. A step father coming into the family brings about huge stress in children, depression at the age of 7 can cause symptoms like bed wetting along with other complains as well. Her mood being different everyday does not seem to significantly affect her work. Different sorts of behaviors with stressful situations may be normal at times, if you could give a details of her behavior in a certain stressful situation, I will be in a position to help you better. Not remembering how the day went on could be purely because of lack of concentration. If her mood is appropriate to the given situation, then there is nothing much to worry about. I can surely help you more if you can give me more details of her behavior, including the content of her speech in a given situation, biological functioning, commonly sleep and appetite. My advise is to consult a psychiatrist at the earliest, as she might require psychotherapy.
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What Causes Erratic Behaviour And Extreme Mood Swings?

Hello there, I see that your friend Wanda has been so from her childhood itself. A step father coming into the family brings about huge stress in children, depression at the age of 7 can cause symptoms like bed wetting along with other complains as well. Her mood being different everyday does not seem to significantly affect her work. Different sorts of behaviors with stressful situations may be normal at times, if you could give a details of her behavior in a certain stressful situation, I will be in a position to help you better. Not remembering how the day went on could be purely because of lack of concentration. If her mood is appropriate to the given situation, then there is nothing much to worry about. I can surely help you more if you can give me more details of her behavior, including the content of her speech in a given situation, biological functioning, commonly sleep and appetite. My advise is to consult a psychiatrist at the earliest, as she might require psychotherapy.