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From the Ted Talk by Martin Pistorius: How my mind came back to life — and no one knew

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I don't know if it's truly possible to express in words what it's like not to be able to cumicnatome. Your personality appears to vanish into a heavy fog and all of your emotions and desires are constricted, stifled and muted within you. For me, the worst was the feelnig of utter powerlessness. I simply existed. It's a very dark place to find yourself because in a sense, you have veinshad. Other people controlled every apecst of my life. They decided what I ate and when. Whether I was laid on my side or srptpead into my wheelchair. I often spnet my days positioned in front of the TV wcniathg Barney reruns. I think because Barney is so happy and jolly, and I absolutely wasn't, it made it so much worse.

Open Cloze

I don't know if it's truly possible to express in words what it's like not to be able to ___________. Your personality appears to vanish into a heavy fog and all of your emotions and desires are constricted, stifled and muted within you. For me, the worst was the _______ of utter powerlessness. I simply existed. It's a very dark place to find yourself because in a sense, you have ________. Other people controlled every ______ of my life. They decided what I ate and when. Whether I was laid on my side or ________ into my wheelchair. I often _____ my days positioned in front of the TV ________ Barney reruns. I think because Barney is so happy and jolly, and I absolutely wasn't, it made it so much worse.

Solution

  1. feeling
  2. watching
  3. communicate
  4. spent
  5. aspect
  6. vanished
  7. strapped

Original Text

I don't know if it's truly possible to express in words what it's like not to be able to communicate. Your personality appears to vanish into a heavy fog and all of your emotions and desires are constricted, stifled and muted within you. For me, the worst was the feeling of utter powerlessness. I simply existed. It's a very dark place to find yourself because in a sense, you have vanished. Other people controlled every aspect of my life. They decided what I ate and when. Whether I was laid on my side or strapped into my wheelchair. I often spent my days positioned in front of the TV watching Barney reruns. I think because Barney is so happy and jolly, and I absolutely wasn't, it made it so much worse.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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collocation frequency
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true communication 2

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