(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.
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Doing the thing and having to recover for days
"Everyone
feels like this"
"I just need
to suck it up and push through"
Not asking
for help
"I can do that" with severe consequences
Not wanting to say you're disabled
"I'm sure it's nothing"
"I'm not letting my illness
stop me"
"I'm only sometimes affected, so it doesn't count"
Not wanting to be an inconvenience
"I'm not defined by my life changing diagnosis"
"I'm just being dramatic"
"Other people have it worse"
"I'm just tired"
Smiling through the pain for others' sake
"Okay, but what if I'm faking it?"
"I'm not REALLY disabled"
New symptoms,
not going to the doctors
"Today is just an off day"
"I'm fine" actually in debilitating pain
Feeling guilty for having symptoms
Not using aids bc you're worried
about others' perceptions
"I'm taking this from
someone who REALLY
needs it"