[00:00.00]Monica likes college,
[00:01.81]but living with Julia is spoiling everything,
[00:04.39]and she feels she needs to speak to someone.
[00:06.74]But who?
[00:07.54]Her aunt and uncle can see no wrong
[00:09.71]in their daughter,
[00:10.96]and she's afraid that her parents
[00:12.09]might make her go home.
[00:13.87]She's dropped hints to Julia,
[00:15.54]but Julia hasn't responded.
[00:17.40]She's been asking friends' advice.
[00:19.87]He's dropped out and is depressed
[00:22.86]Eight months ago, Richard, aged 22,
[00:25.47]failed his exams and dropped out of university.
[00:28.55]He got job for three months
[00:29.97]but was sacked for being unreliable.
[00:32.37]Since then he seems to have fallen
[00:34.16]into a deep depression--
[00:35.70]he refuses to look for a job
[00:37.52]or go back to college,
[00:39.06]and hardly goes out.
[00:40.47]He's a very intelligent
[00:42.06]but highly sensitive young man,
[00:44.09]and tends to fly off the handle if he feels
[00:46.52]he's being criticized.
[00:48.39]His father is losing patience rapidly,
[00:50.36]and his mother is at her wits' end.
[00:53.22]You've known the family for years,
[00:55.00]and are close to Richard.
[00:56.56]A few days ago,
[00:57.40]his mother phoned you in tears,
[00:59.42]begging you to talk to him
[01:00.76]before his father does something terrible,
[01:02.90]like throw him out of the house.
[01:04.95]You feel you must help
[01:06.36]and have asked friends for suggestions.
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