Mrs. Dalloway And The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night

Being around others can be a goddamn nightmare. Yet there is still a constant need in many people for other human beings for social interaction and support. Not everyone works with that the same way since there are some people who need more, some who needs less, and some who don’t really want any at all. When they got to extremes they are often seen deviant and non-conformity can cause some real waves. Depression and Autism are both neurodivergences that impact the way people operate socially and as in Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf and and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon, there is a clear contrast on how these impact people and people around them. The amount of interaction a person enjoys with others doesn’t
Christopher is a strong example of someone one who enjoys solitude and does not feel strongly affected by that. He does not put in much thought or care into what others think and he does not feel the need to assure the presence of others in his life. Mrs. Dalloway on the other hand has a strong need to be assured there is stability in her relationships in life and she is overly conscious about how others manifest themselves in her life. This has to do with the fact that the overwhelming guilt and self consciousness has a lot to do with depression its self. These both stem from the neurodivergences they have particularly how Autism is often seen as a ‘social impairment’ which narrows down on “(1) social impairment, (2) communication impairment, and (3) repetitive fixed interests and routines. (Corsini) that does care so much about what others think and does not read so much into this. These different traits make it much easier for someone to be alone where as depression has the overwhelming sense of self depreciation which often needs another person to help with uplifting and reassurance. Depression is usually narrowed down on
How these differ impact the different kinds of relationships grow and although both these books take place in England which gives a severe cultural bias, there is still truth to the experiences Christopher and Clarissa Dalloway go through. They are polarized experiences and while they both put a strain on interpersonal relationships there is certainly a difference. Autism is about the issues of mismatching personalities where as depression has much more to do with the inner turmoil frustration that a persona struggles through. People can be a goddamn nightmare to be around, but it is inevitable