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Straight forward with you? >> no, he was being straight forward in my opinion. >> i think it was in this interview that you talked to him about the anxiety and nightmares that he was going to have because of this event? >> yes, sir. >> what do you mean by that? >> well, based on my experience, people who experience traumatic-type scenarios like he went through, they typically end up with anxiety problems. he appeared to be lacking, in my opinion, as far as what was going on, what he was in the middle of, it just seemed that something was going on with him. >> would you call that in sort of gen...

>> was it also concerning to you that he just said i got to go to the work in the morning? after midnight he was still with you and yet he's planning on going to work in the morning. >> that was a little concerning. >> and again, concerning if in fact he was completely uncaring? >> uncaring, among other terms. >> but not a concern if it was just further evidence of his reaction to the trauma being just going flat on things. >> correct. i mean, hard to say. >> right. >> aside from the fact that he seemed to be acting with this flat affect, there was nothing in his words that suggested an uncari...

Itself, means... in reality is an imbalance between emotion and cognitive behavior and what it really means is, these are the people that don't know the difference between what is real and not real. and they may have many symptoms, and some of the symptoms are delusional. and, they can hallucinate and, hear things, maybe you should go to the movie and start killing people and you are a hero and they are hearing things and are disorganized and have poor hygiene and, flat affect and may not interact with their society well and have cognitive behaviors and usually, it is in their 20s and 30s and ...

i appreciate your time. >> glad to be here. >> i do want to talk about, you know, what some of the warning signs might be in, you know, family members or colleagues. but first, there's a lot of mystery surrounding james holmes still. james holmes. the university of colorado said very little -- all we know is that he left his neuroscience program in june. he did badly on an oral exam apparently, but was not forced out of school. the school told the students and faculty not to talk with reporter which is understandable. a lot of people have asked, you know, what -- could this have been...

clinical psychologist javier amador is the author of "i am not sick i don't need help." thanks for joining us. i do want to talk about what some of the warning signs might be. there is a lot of mystery surrounding james holmes still. you know, the university of colorado said very little. all we know is he left his neuro science program in june. he did badly on an oral exam but was not forced out of school. the school has told the students and faculty not to talk with reporters, which is understandable. but a lot of people have asked, could this have been predicted in any way? can thi...