WELCOME TO PERIOD 5

Relationship Friction

Small moments turn into big reactions.

Someone feels misunderstood almost immediately. Clarifying makes it worse. Everyone insists they’re responding to what just happened.

This door is for situations where:

• conversations go sideways fast

• reactions feel out of proportion

• intent stops mattering almost immediately

• the same arguments show up in new outfits

If you often leave interactions thinking, “That wasn’t what I meant. How did we end up here?”
this is the right classroom.

→ Enter the Relationship Friction Door

Money Problems

You understand the math.

That doesn’t seem to help.

Money decisions feel emotional even when you try to be rational.
Avoidance shows up. Spending happens for reasons that make sense later... or not at all.

This door is for people who notice:

• reacting to numbers instead of using them

• cycles of control, avoidance, or resets

• stress responses tied to money itself, not the amount

If money keeps triggering behavior you don’t plan,
this classroom explains why. 

→ Enter the Money Problems Door

I Can't Stop

You already know how this ends.

That doesn’t stop it.

Something kicks off automatically.
Relief happens.
Regret follows.
Later, it looks obvious.

This door is for patterns where:

• stopping feels harder than it should

• promises don’t interrupt the moment

• the same behavior reappears under stress

If effort keeps arriving after the decision, this is the correct classroom.

→ Enter the I Can’t Stop Door

Thinkers

You notice patterns other people skip.

You care about being accurate.
You explain things... sometimes longer than necessary.

This door is for people who:

• want to understand the system underneath everything

• prefer logic to reassurance

• value correctness over harmony

• keep thinking even when the room has moved on

If you’ve been told you’re “overthinking,” this class explains what’s actually happening.

→ Enter the Thinkers Door

Workplace Friction

Simple work turns complicated fast.

Meetings derail. Feedback lands wrong. Competent adults react strangely under mild pressure.

This door is for situations where:

• instructions don’t produce the expected result

• tone becomes the real problem

• people argue about different things without noticing

• managing reactions takes more time than the work itself

If work keeps breaking in predictable ways, this classroom names the pattern.

→ Enter the Workplace Friction Door

Chronic Pain

Pain shows up without clear cause.

It spikes, fades, and returns.
Reassurance helps briefly... if at all.

This door is for people noticing:

• flare-ups that don’t match damage

• pain linked to stress, surprise, or conflict

• a body that reacts first and explains later

If the pain pattern feels inconsistent but familiar, this class explains the mechanism.

→ Enter the Chronic Pain Door

Aging & Cognitive Change

Conversations repeat.

Certainty increases while accuracy drifts. New information doesn’t land the way it used to.

This door is for people dealing with:

• changing stories

• misplaced confidence

• confusion that resets itself

• a quiet shift in how reality is processed

If it feels like the system is running, just not updating well,
this class helps you see what’s happening.

→ Enter the Aging & Cognitive Change Door