Shadowing Practice: The thing about depression - Multifandom - Learn English Speaking with Video

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The other thing about depression is it kind of collapses time.
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Everything's so...
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twisted and it's hard to explain.
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Suddenly, you find your whole days blending together to create one endless and suffocating loop.
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How can people like us, with fucked up brains like ours, how do we know what love is?
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So you find yourself trying to remember the things that made you happy.
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What's it gonna take, Kelly?
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What's it gonna take for you to start valuing your life?
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But slowly, your brain begins to erase every memory that ever brought you joy.
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I'm gonna kill myself. And me?
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You can do that to me?
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I can't take another funeral.
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You can't avoid it.
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And eventually, all you can think about is how life has always been this way.
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And we'll only continue to be this way.
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I've only just found out how dangerous this is.
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I could kill you.
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Then let me die!
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I'm fine.
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Yeah, aside from the not sleeping, the jumpiness, the constant overwhelming crushing fear that something terrible is about to happen.
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You okay?
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I'm supposed to say yes.
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That's what the nice girl always says, but...
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No, I'm not.
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I want to be, I thought I could be, but it's too much too fast Eddie you know ever since we were little I would get this feeling like
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like I'm floating outside of my body looking down at myself and I hate what I see I wanna go In this bed tonight.
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Suicides can cluster in families, especially twins.
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If they lose a twin, the odds go up.
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He may not be planning to come home.
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I'm done.
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I've had enough.
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Dad, I can't do this anymore.
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I can't live like this.
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I don't want to live like this anymore.
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How do you keep going when the worst thing has happened?
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What do you have to change inside to survive?
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The absolute worst part of depression.
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You did this to me!
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That even though you know you're depressed, you're unable to stop yourself from getting worse.
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I don't know how to change it.
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And I'm so scared that that feeling is never going to go away.
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About This Lesson

You're practicing English with "The thing about depression - Multifandom" using the Shadowing technique — a method originally developed for professional interpreter training.

Focus on sounding like the speaker — not just repeating words. With 15–30 minutes of daily practice, you'll build real-world speaking confidence.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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