Table 2.

Narrative descriptions recorded by participants

Subject	Best Response (Type 1 and 2 responses)	Salient Response (Type 1 responses)
1	Contact: Left 3 “I would choose this setting” “My head is getting clearer” “Thinking about making flower arrangements” “I Feel more connected” Speech is clearer, less retardation noted	Contacts: Right 2, Right 3, Right 4 “My body seems more alive” Talking faster
2	Contact: Left 3 “There is a stronger sensation of being lighter. It is a mental sensation” “Lightness of my mood that came with the lightness of my feelings” “It would be easier to have a conversation with my partner”	Contacts: Left 1, Right 2 “I feel lighter, not so surrounded” “It is a physical (not mental) sensation” “The blanket over me got lighter”
3	Contact: Left 3 “I imagine myself listening to a song I like” More connected with interviewer More animated voice	Contacts: Left 2, Left 4, Right 4 “Lessened feeling of negative”
4	Contact: Left 4 “I feel a tingling of the upper body, good feeling” “I feel my heart beating faster” “Mental lightness…” “Easier to do things at home” “More connected with my partner” “I feel my heart beating faster”	Contacts: Left 3, Right 1, Right3 Warmth, tingling of upper body
5	Contact: Left 3 “I feel like going dancing” “I am thinking happy thoughts” “I would like to listen to music”	Contacts: Right 1, Right 3 smiling, mood a little better
6	Contact: Left 2 “Good change, lights are brighter, feel lighter emotionally” “I would like to hold my daughter” More awake and engaged in conversation	Contact: Right 2 “I feel lighter, but not sure if I trust it”
7	Contact: Left 2 “I felt like laughing, I feel good” “I could be washing dishes in the kitchen, the dishes are done!” “Everything is lighter and easier“ “I would be walking my dog” Patient smiles	Contacts: Left 3, Right 3 “I noticed the lights, brighter and nice”
8	Contact: Left 2 “I would like to go back to Cancun with my son”	Contacts: Left 1, Left 4, Right 3 “Warm feelings…” “…in my own world”
9	Contact: Left 3 “I feel a mental clearing preceding physical sensation”	Contacts: Left 1, Right 2 “I have a calm sensation”