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From the Ted Talk by KC Davis: How to do laundry when you're depressed

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(Laughter)

Some funny shots of my clutter and my dishes and my enchilada pan to a nice beat. Sort of a laugh to keep from cry sotuiitan, surely. And I got a comment. "Lazy." Yeah, that stung. But I must be a glutton for punishment because I kept pinotsg videos about my msesy house.

(Laughter) vdeio after video of all of the weird tips and tkrcis that I was using to try and get it back in order while managing my feelings of being oewheelrvmd. And I bacerd myself for more criticism. But what happened was entirely different. In the comment sections of my viodes, hundreds of stories came rolling in. Stories like Amanda, who, after losing her baby in the second trimester, was standing frozen at her sink because she fgorot how to wash dishes. Stories like Lula, whose chornic health problems and depression made it dcffuliit for her to brush her teeth. Story after story of people with depression, ADHD, autism, burnout, bereavement, all struggling with these dliay tasks. And it might seem odd to some of you that someone could struggle with tasks that are so simple. But are they simple?

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(Laughter)

Some funny shots of my clutter and my dishes and my enchilada pan to a nice beat. Sort of a laugh to keep from cry _________, surely. And I got a comment. "Lazy." Yeah, that stung. But I must be a glutton for punishment because I kept _______ videos about my _____ house.

(Laughter) _____ after video of all of the weird tips and ______ that I was using to try and get it back in order while managing my feelings of being ___________. And I ______ myself for more criticism. But what happened was entirely different. In the comment sections of my ______, hundreds of stories came rolling in. Stories like Amanda, who, after losing her baby in the second trimester, was standing frozen at her sink because she ______ how to wash dishes. Stories like Lula, whose _______ health problems and depression made it _________ for her to brush her teeth. Story after story of people with depression, ADHD, autism, burnout, bereavement, all struggling with these _____ tasks. And it might seem odd to some of you that someone could struggle with tasks that are so simple. But are they simple?

Solution


  1. overwhelmed
  2. forgot
  3. daily
  4. difficult
  5. situation
  6. chronic
  7. tricks
  8. posting
  9. braced
  10. videos
  11. messy
  12. video

Original Text


(Laughter)

Some funny shots of my clutter and my dishes and my enchilada pan to a nice beat. Sort of a laugh to keep from cry situation, surely. And I got a comment. "Lazy." Yeah, that stung. But I must be a glutton for punishment because I kept posting videos about my messy house.

(Laughter) Video after video of all of the weird tips and tricks that I was using to try and get it back in order while managing my feelings of being overwhelmed. And I braced myself for more criticism. But what happened was entirely different. In the comment sections of my videos, hundreds of stories came rolling in. Stories like Amanda, who, after losing her baby in the second trimester, was standing frozen at her sink because she forgot how to wash dishes. Stories like Lula, whose chronic health problems and depression made it difficult for her to brush her teeth. Story after story of people with depression, ADHD, autism, burnout, bereavement, all struggling with these daily tasks. And it might seem odd to some of you that someone could struggle with tasks that are so simple. But are they simple?

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
care tasks 6
mental health 4
morally neutral 3
laundry pile 2
comment sections 2
wash dishes 2
daily tasks 2
small children 2
good person 2
bad person 2
hard time 2
ziploc bag 2


Important Words


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  3. autism
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  31. losing
  32. lula
  33. managing
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  35. nice
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  38. overwhelmed
  39. pan
  40. people
  41. posting
  42. problems
  43. punishment
  44. rolling
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  46. shots
  47. simple
  48. sink
  49. situation
  50. sort
  51. standing
  52. stories
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  54. struggle
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  56. stung
  57. surely
  58. tasks
  59. teeth
  60. tips
  61. tricks
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  65. wash
  66. weird
  67. yeah