The Accurate Depiction of Adolescent Depression in It’s...

ADOLESCENT DEPRESSION IN IT’S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY BY NED VIZZINI Almost everyone will experience sadness in their life. The death of a loved one, a lost friendship, or even a broken heart. Most people know that feeling of a heavy heart and mind. Now imagine feeling these sadness anchors drag you down every day. Adolescent depression is a serious mood disorder that can suck happiness out of a person’s life. It can be normal for a teen to experience unhappiness every once in a while, but depression is a more intense case of this. With all the pressure put on today’s adolescence, more and more teens have been suffering from this mind disease. It’s Kind Of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini is a clever fictional story from the perspective of a†¦show more content†¦Craig has a hard time overcoming his sadness and it gets to the point where even his tentacles have tentacles. Many people do not realize that depression isn’t something one can simply conquer with determination (â€Å"Diseases and Conditions: Teen Depressi on†). It should be treated as a disease that cannot be stopped only helped. I believe that everyone has their own anchors and tentacles in their lives. One large part of depression is recognizing the signs and symptoms such as negative moods, stress vomiting, low energy, lack of hunger, and more. When depressed, your emotional, physical, and behavioral well being is jumbled around (â€Å"Diseases and Conditions: Teen Depression†). Let’s face it, high school is an emotional roller coaster by itself, but many of the warning signs of depression can go unseen (â€Å"Diseases and Conditions: Teen Depression†). When one is experiencing depression they might intentionally remove themselves from social interactions, stop eating, experience stress vomiting, experience lack of enthusiasm, have extreme mood shifts, or even have thoughts of suicide (â€Å"Depression† 2). A single adolescent affected by depression may have one or all of these symptoms for they vary from person to person (â€Å"Depression† 2). For example, in It’s Kind Of a Funny Story, Craig suffers many symptoms of depression such as stress vomiting, lack of appetite, extreme sadness, and low energy (Vizzini 15). Craig even contemplates jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge