What would you do if you are depressed and no one is helping you the way you want them too? The book “It’s Kind of a Funny Story” is about a kid named Craig Gilner who is going through depression and goes to a hospital to get treated. It is based on a true story by the Author, Ned Vizzini who suffered from depression as well as Craig. The great thing Craig did for his depression was going to the hospital instead of jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge to get help.
The reason why Craig had depression is because people were expecting him to do well in his new school (his new school was for gifted kids). In the story Craig worked hard day and night to get into the school. He got in the school but stopped working as hard and struggled the whole year. During school he made a friend named Aaron who later gets him on drugs. Craig went to many doctors and thought he was cured from depression, but he wasn’t.
In addition to getting depressed, Craig almost tried killing himself. Luckily he didn’t and checked into the emergency room a few blocks away from his house. Later he decided to go to a facility in the hospital that will help him but he would be there for a few weeks. He knew his depression was back when he wanted to jump of the Brooklyn bridge. But ever since he stopped hanging out with Aaron, he has been not having as much of a problem with the depression. Like when he got out of the hospital he stopped being friends with Aaron and he had no problems with his depression.
In the end, Craig was able to get away from being depressed. He went from afraid of life too wanting to live again. After a few weeks in the hospital for help, he was ready to go. After years and years of suffering depression Craig was finally cured. And all of this would not happen if he decided to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge.
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