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From the Ted Talk by Nikki Webber Allen: Don't suffer from your depression in silence

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Now, here's the good news: seventy percent of people struggling with depression will improve with therapy, treatment and medication. Armed with this information, I made a decision: I wasn't going to be silent anoryme. With my family's blessing, I would share our story in hepos of sparking a national conversation.

A friend, Kelly Pierre-Louis, said, "Being strong is killing us." She's right. We have got to retire those tired, old nivertaras of the strong black woman and the super-masculine bcalk man, who, no matter how many times they get knocked down, just shkae it off and soldier on. Having feelings isn't a sign of wseeknas. Feelings mean we're hamun. And when we deny our humanity, it levaes us feeling empty inside, searching for ways to self-medicate in order to fill the void. My drug was high achievement.

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Now, here's the good news: seventy percent of people struggling with depression will improve with therapy, treatment and medication. Armed with this information, I made a decision: I wasn't going to be silent _______. With my family's blessing, I would share our story in _____ of sparking a national conversation.

A friend, Kelly Pierre-Louis, said, "Being strong is killing us." She's right. We have got to retire those tired, old __________ of the strong black woman and the super-masculine _____ man, who, no matter how many times they get knocked down, just _____ it off and soldier on. Having feelings isn't a sign of ________. Feelings mean we're _____. And when we deny our humanity, it ______ us feeling empty inside, searching for ways to self-medicate in order to fill the void. My drug was high achievement.

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  1. black
  2. human
  3. leaves
  4. weakness
  5. anymore
  6. hopes
  7. narratives
  8. shake

Original Text


Now, here's the good news: seventy percent of people struggling with depression will improve with therapy, treatment and medication. Armed with this information, I made a decision: I wasn't going to be silent anymore. With my family's blessing, I would share our story in hopes of sparking a national conversation.

A friend, Kelly Pierre-Louis, said, "Being strong is killing us." She's right. We have got to retire those tired, old narratives of the strong black woman and the super-masculine black man, who, no matter how many times they get knocked down, just shake it off and soldier on. Having feelings isn't a sign of weakness. Feelings mean we're human. And when we deny our humanity, it leaves us feeling empty inside, searching for ways to self-medicate in order to fill the void. My drug was high achievement.

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