Depression In Brave New World

Depression is said to be one of the most painful feelings a person can endure. Although it hurts so much, when one learns to free themselves from the feeling of depression, there is a certain feeling of satisfaction that is like nothing else. In the book, Brave New World, the society never feels any type of sadness or misery so they don’t have to worry about feeling the way one does with depression. In their society, they have a drug called soma which is used in a way to escape emotions like sadness and depression. There are many causes of depression such as genetics, abuse, illness or loss, etc. The society in the novel does not experience these types of problems because they are not exposed to any of these emotions due to their conditioning being very restricted. Removing depression and sadness negatively impacts the book’s society by taking away the satisfaction of being able to overcome those feelings. Although depression is painful, it is a necessary emotion to feel because it makes you stronger.

At a very young age, kids have to go through a certain conditioning process that basically brainwashes them not to feel any emotions besides happiness. They don't like the feeling of being unhappy and when they feel any emotion other than happiness, they use a drug called “soma”. Soma is a drug provided by the government to relax and calm the people. It is a way to escape the feelings of sadness and depression, while also escaping the real world, without any side effects. Soma is such a normal drug to take daily, it is almost impossible to go through their everyday lives without