Holden Caulfield Addiction

In the early 1950s, mental illnesses like depression and anxiety were treated with unethical “treatments”. These treatments included electrotherapy, lobotomies, and hydrotherapies. Modern therapies , such as aromatherapy and music therapy, were essentially unknown. In the novel, The Catcher in the Rye, author J.D. Salinger wrote about a narrator with multiple mental health issues, including depression and addiction. Holden Caulfield has shown many clinical signs of mental illness, one being depression, a serious mental illness, is known for causing constant drowsiness, good grades to drop down to failing, self harm, suicide, constant feelings of being unworthy, feeling guilty, and as though you don’t belong among the loved ones and belongings you have. Holden has a form of depression likely spawning due to the loss of his brother, Allie, who has been implied to be an important piece in Holden’s everyday life. Holden has many mental diseases, one of the most prominent among addiction is that of clinical depression caused by overbearing grief, as well as the result of Holden’s depression. …show more content…
Common symptoms include; anxious feelings, guilt, feelings of being worthless, helplessness, lowered energy, disliking hobbies, feelings of restlessness, ability to eat decreases, thoughts of dying or commiting suicide, sleeping less than normal, and more. Clinical Depression is defined as a medical illness that gets in the way of being able to do daily activities such as getting dressed, showering, and brushing teeth, causing these activities to be unpleasurable, upsetting and life draining. Some causes of the mental disease include; grief, development from familial inheritance, bullying issues, and many more. In the case of Holden Caulfield, it’s grief, due to his brother, Allie, passing away from