Eight questions. About the interplay, not the parts.

1. 1.Do you use — at least partly — to turn something else down: anxiety, dread, racing thoughts, a mood that won't lift?

   The interplay · using as volume control

   Yes No

2. 2.In the days after using, does the thing you were quieting come back louder — lower lows, sharper edges, the 3 a.m. version of your own head?

   The interplay · the rebound

   Yes No

3. 3.Have you been treated for one of these — counselling, a program, a prescription — by someone who never once asked about the other?

   The system · treated in halves

   Yes No

4. 4.Have you ever been refused, discharged, or waitlisted by a program because of the other condition — too depressed for the rehab, too actively using for the therapy?

   The system · the wrong-door letter

   Yes No

5. 5.When you're using, does your psychiatric medication quietly stop — skipped doses, refills that lapse, a shrug where the routine used to be?

   The interplay · medication drift

   Yes No

6. 6.Do your worst stretches land when both flare at once — and neither service can see you fast enough to matter?

   The crisis · both at once

   Yes No

7. 7.Has a professional ever called you “complex,” “not a good fit,” or “beyond our mandate” — and then not offered a door that fit?

   The system · “too complex”

   Yes No

8. 8.When someone finally names both problems in the same sentence, is there relief — the feeling of being seen whole instead of in halves?

   The tell · relief at being seen whole

   Yes No

Answer all eight to see your result — there are no wrong answers.