Q: Session 5, Project Medical Officer interviewing Patient 7.
Let’s visit the second instance again, first occurrence. What do you remember?
A: Uh...the sun was out, but it was cold at the river’s edge. There was a group of us that day.
Ha..lots of laughing. Yelling. Summer in our heads.
Ha ha...no one was getting in the water. I guess I liked being first.
I didn’t even jump, just, hrmph...slipped in quietly away from everybody.
Uh the water was clear but...bitter cold. I thought the bottom...was closer.
My head went under right away. God, I was a lousy swimmer.
Uh...no one noticed me struggling in the...in the deep pool.
Q: Carry on from where you were last session. Find the ending sequence. What do you see?
A: Ah...my hand reaching for a flat, grey stone at the water’s edge. I...I grabbed it, I pulled my head out of the freezing water. A breath. The sun was shining through the trees...above us. Was...
Was the sun out…? I thought...ah, the rain…no, no, no. That wasn’t it.
Q: Keep hold of that image. It’s OK if it fades a little. Breathe. Try going again. Second instance.