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Darkness Visible When I began reading Darkness Visible I was at first confused about what William Styron was trying to convey with his immense vocabulary. It was very confusing how the story shifted from place to place in his life. I could not understand what he was saying. Styron is an extremely intelligent man. You can see this by the way he associates many of his experiences described in the book. His analysis of what depression is, where it comes from, how it started, and various other topics show the reader how intelligent this man really is. Depression is one of the most common psychological problems in the United States. According to our textbook 17% of Americans experience an acute episode of depression, and as in William Styron’s case, 6% experience a more chronic depression. It seems as if rates of depression decrease the more people age. In Styron’s case however, the onset of his depression came at a much later age. His father had a history of depression and depression is known to run in families. I believe Styron’s depression began after the death of his mother when he was thirteen years old. This is evident when reading some of his other depression, styron, alcohol, people, depressed, after, major, very, symptoms, person, paris, medication, help, trying, should, point, one, hospital, felt, features, drug, better, before, suicide, styron’s, something, sleeping, prescribe, patient, out, nardil, make, halcion, experience, day, case