> There are some physical health checks they'll want to do The importance of this step should not be underestimated. Hormonal and neurological phenomena can ha

> There are some physical health checks they'll want to do The importance of this step should not be underestimated. Hormonal and neurological phenomena can have huge effects on mental and emotional processes. It's socially accepted to joke about hormone-addled teenagers and "roid rage" (and, not so long ago, PMS), but then we act like the default is somehow to have no hormones at all, instead of admitting to ourselves that every one of our brains is marinating in a constantly-fluctuating chemical soup.