Confusing Happiness With Sadness According to Medical Health America,¨ 15% of teens suffer a major depressive episode, 50% suffer from using drugs. In Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451,depression is a major issue with Mildred.Ray Bradbury shows that happiness comes from being with family and friends, and Mildred shows that people may use drugs when they are unhappy or they have really bad depression. In the book of Fahrenheit 451 , it shows that Mildred confuses happiness with emptiness and thinks that she is happy, but in reality she is empty and unhappy. Ray Bradbury uses sleeping pills to reveal that Mildred is unhappy. (page 17) What readers learn is that Mildred is not happy about her life and the more they read the book it gets worse with her using the pills. Many people try to distract themselves to cover their unhappiness. For example, Mildred always likes to drive fast when I feel that way. You get it up around ninety-five and she feels wonderful. Sometimes she drives all night and comes back and doesn't know it. It's fun out in the country. She hit rabbits, sometimes she even hit dogs.(page 61) Mildred spends all day watching TV.(page 27) …show more content…
Many people think being lonely and depression it's okay for them to drink and use drugs but in reality it's just making them worse cause then they will become addicted to drugs and drinking just doing that just makes their whole life miserable. For example,Loneliness or depression can result in using alcohol or drugs to deal with those feelings. Turning to the “comfort” of alcohol or drugs becomes a way of coping with feeling alone, unloved, rejected, and confused – it’s a way to numb that pain). Instead of people trying to help them they will just treat them like trash and will not even try to help