The following issues, mild or not, indicate whether a professional is required to help resolve these. Third-party intervention generally does not necessarily mean an in depth therapy. In some cases a simple consultation would be adequate. If you present with one or more of the issues listed below, you may want to consider visiting your general practitioner. That is, to understand and become more knowledgeable of the way medical issues could play a role in your distress in one or more issues listed below, you could be prompted to visit your General Practitioner. Together with this we recommend you to see a mental health professional as well.

If harmony in your family or in your relationship has been disturbed (even in the case of one that does not exist).

If you have been living devoid of happiness and contentment over a period of time.

If you are feeling tired constantly or have difficulty in falling asleep (partly due to medical issues, work related, or jet lag).

If you have been feeling low or in a bad mood over a period of time.

If you feel helpless or hopeless over a period of time, or if you feel bad about yourself; hate, blame, or despise yourself; feeling that you "want to put an end to all this".

If you often experience anger, or hear people tell you that you are angry very often

If you feel that you are losing control (shouting, or being pre-occupied with what other people say or do or may be doing; or if people accuse you of assuming too much control.

If you behave in a manner that is not work related or otherwise objectively necessary. Such behaviors may be related to cleaning or eating; or thinking often about one particular thing, such as eating, or the way you look - as examples.

If people tell you that you have a drinking problem or if you feel that you sometimes drink alcohol to get rid of a problem. The same is true of other chemical substances.

If you feel that sometimes you have a problem concentrating, keeping track of your thoughts, or being productive, over a period of time.

If you often experience internal tension, either psychological or physical (e.g., being on-guard, alert, or fearful/anxious) or in your body (muscle tension, headache, butterflies in the stomach, difficulties in breathing, tension in your chest, etc.), and the tension is not (only) due to a well-defined issue such as heart disease.

If you sometimes feel as if you are going mad; if you feel extreme fear related to a particular event or issue (even when there is a real danger involved).

If you went through a traumatic or dramatic event (even a minor one).

If the word "failure" seem to appear too often in your life or thoughts.

If you or someone very close to you behaves in a way that simply feels weird.

If you sometimes feel that your thoughts are running "fantastically" and you feel exhausted but still your thoughts continue to run. (This is NOT to say: if you are intelligent, then you need help. Think about the exhaustion.)