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From the Ted Talk by Bill Bernat: How to connect with depressed friends
Unscramble the Blue Letters
She told me what was going on in her life in the days and motnhs leading up, what her thoughts were at that exact moment, why she wanted to die, and why she didn't do it. We nodded and half-smiled, and then it was my turn to talk about my journey to a dnniig table in the hygienic community area of the mental health wing of a mountain-town hisptoal. I took too many sleeping pills, and after they treated me for that, they were like, "Hey, we would love it if you would be our gsuet in the pycsh ward."
Open Cloze
She told me what was going on in her life in the days and ______ leading up, what her thoughts were at that exact moment, why she wanted to die, and why she didn't do it. We nodded and half-smiled, and then it was my turn to talk about my journey to a ______ table in the hygienic community area of the mental health wing of a mountain-town ________. I took too many sleeping pills, and after they treated me for that, they were like, "Hey, we would love it if you would be our _____ in the _____ ward."
Solution
- guest
- hospital
- psych
- dining
- months
Original Text
She told me what was going on in her life in the days and months leading up, what her thoughts were at that exact moment, why she wanted to die, and why she didn't do it. We nodded and half-smiled, and then it was my turn to talk about my journey to a dining table in the hygienic community area of the mental health wing of a mountain-town hospital. I took too many sleeping pills, and after they treated me for that, they were like, "Hey, we would love it if you would be our guest in the psych ward."
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