Brain dump part 2 let me know how u feel

In the city of newark, a young man named annoying was admitted to the e.r. he and his friends were trying to imitate the movie project x. his friends say he started twitching and having muscle spasms which progressed until he was stiff as a board. in his pockets, he had unmarked dark yellow tablets which dark flecks. analysis of the tablets showed them to contain a mixture of ecstasy and strychnine. ecstasy would not cause this clinical picture, but strychnine would. explain why?

In the past week dylan, was laid off from work, was given notice he is in academic probation and was threatened to be evicted from his apartment. as a result, he has increased his usage of alcohol and cigarettes. which of these life skills would beneficial?

“an abused child's thoughts occasionally drift to other, less anxiety-arousing topics; this anxiety reduction thus serves to strengthen 'other' thoughts, while weakening the thoughts about abuse.” a psychologist with which theoretical background would be most likely to offer this quotation as an explanation for the development of dissociative disorders?