Importance of Seeking Help
In this scene, the character is having a conversation with their friend who has offered support. Words, phrases, and pieces of conversation are flying everywhere across the screen which conveys just how jumbled and chaotic a stressed out teenager's thoughts may be. The text of responses that claim the character is “fine” are much larger and float around slower, making these responses significantly easier for the player to click, conveying how it is easier for teenagers (and other people of course) to simply not ask for help and keep their struggles and stress internal. In contrast, the beneficial options such as asking for help or letting the friend know that not everything is all right are tiny and zooming around the screen in a very-difficult to click manner, which is representative of how hard it can be for depressed teenagers to seek help. For example, as Danielle Broxon states in I’M ALWAYS GOING TO FEEL THIS WAY”: OVERGENERAL MEMORY AND HOPELESSNESS IN DEPRESSED EMERGING ADULTS, "While a significant amount of work has focused on the treatment of depression in emerging adults (Cuijpers et al., 2016; Hogg & Deffenbacher, 1988; Richards & Timulak, 2013), they remain a challenging population to fully address in practice due to their reluctance to seek treatment" (page 9). This quote exemplifies how difficult it can be for adolescents to ask for help, which conveys the crucial importance in learning to do as demonstrated in Get Help.
