https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=1qq7lDL-bzY

1. True or false:
 Mental illness sometimes appears in physical ways ( nausea, fatigue, shortness of breath ) T/F
 The speaker thinks that mental health doesn‘t affect all of us T/F
 At 2018 the speaker and her group held a forum to discuss new technology T/F
 In the speech, it was said that suicide was the first leading cause of death T/F
 The speaker believes that everyone deserves to get mental health days T/F
2. Match the word to the definition:
Overwhelming worked in an organized and active way towards a particular goal, typically a
political or social one.

Breakdown a state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion caused by excessive and
prolonged stress.

Manifests very new and a big change from other things of its type.

Enormous necessity to do things that are good for our physical, emotional or psychological
well-being.

Astounding surprisingly impressive or notable.

Stigma a stressful situation in which they're temporarily unable to function normally in day-to-
day life.

Campaigned affects you very strongly, and you do not know how to deal with it.

Groundbreaking becomes visible or obvious.

Self-care very large in size, quantity, or extent.

Burnt out negative attitudes or discrimination against someone based on a distinguishing

characteristic such as a mental illness, health condition, or disability.
3. Answer the questions about this TED talk:
1) How many mental health days did the speaker‘s mom let her have?
2) What did the teachers call the speaker in grade-school?
3) What diagnoses did the speaker have?
4) What kept her a happy, healthy and succesful student?
5) How did the speaker tell us to look at life?
4. Write the missing words in:
I‘m here today to offer you some (1) ______ into the world of (2) ________ mental health. But first,
you need to understand, that while not everyone has a (3) ________ mental (4) ________ like I do,
all of you have (5) ______ health. All of us have a (6) _______ that need to be cared for, in similar
ways that we care for our (7) ________ (8) ______-_____. Mental illness even (9) ________ itself in
some (10) _________ ways, such as nausea, headaches, fatigue and shortness of breath.
Answers:

1.
 T
 F
 F
 F
 T

2.
Overwhelming affects you very strongly, and you do not know how to deal with it.

Breakdown a stressful situation in which they're temporarily unable to function normally

in day-to-day life.

Manifests becomes visible or obvious.

Enormous very large in size, quantity, or extent.

Astounding surprisingly impressive or notable.

Stigma negative attitudes or discrimination against someone based on a distinguishing

characteristic such as a mental illness, health condition, or disability.

Campaigned worked in an organized and active way towards a particular goal, typically a
political or social one.

Groundbreaking very new and a big change from other things of its type.

Self-care necessity to do things that are good for our physical, emotional or psychological
well-being.

Burnt out a state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion caused by excessive and
prolonged stress.

3.
1) Three in a semester;
2) A worrier;
3) Trauma – induced anxiety and clinical depression;
4) The option to take the mental health rest days;
5) As it was a race.

4. (1) insight; (2) teenage; (3) diagnosed; (4) illness; (5) mental;
(6) brain; (7) physical; (8) well – being; (9) manifests; (10) physical.