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Table 1 Illustration of the emergence of the category "Struck by lightning"

From: Struck by lightning or slowly suffocating – gendered trajectories into depression

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"I simply collapsed.

It was at night and I was going to the toilet.

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At night

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Struck by lightning

I jumped out of bed,

passed out,

fell and

hit the bedpost

and punctured a lung

and broke a few ribs.

Jumped out of bed

Passed out

Fell

Hit

Punctured a lung

Broke a few ribs

Acute

Physical trauma

 

As I did in those days, I lay at the intensive ward

on Friday, and Monday I was back at work."

Intensive care

Back at work

Stressful work-situation