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Psychological Depression In The Film Twilight: New Moon

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Depression is a psychological disorder that affects your mood and outlook on your own life. This psychological disorder is different for everyone but the way it is represented in Twilight: New Moon is inaccurate. When people have depression they have bad days and good days but they do not go from extreme lows to extreme highs very quickly. In this movie the only feeling that is represented is Bella’s extreme lows. They never show Bella having a good day. For months all Bella does is sit in a chair. People with depression do not just sit in chairs for months. It is true that depression can be crippling and people can lose the motivation to get out of bed, but in the movie Bella goes from sitting in a chair for months to working on bikes with

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