After a terrible accident, a boy and his family spend the next years in a depression that verges masochism.

After two of a man's acquaintances die by suicide, he goes on a hunting trip and can't stop thinking about why they wanted to die.

As a woman grows older, she falls into a deep sadness while the men around her constantly tell her to cheer up.

Three young siblings feel the effects of the Great Depression through their father's salary cut and change in mood. They hold a sales event to help their father which turns out to be a success.

A research psychologist visits a peculiar asylum patient who recounts his life story. The patient warns the researcher about how obsession with the pursuit of knowledge can make one lose sight of their humanity until it is unsalvageable.

A depressed woman searches for a new apartment in her city. As she prepares to move, lethargy threatens to inundate her.

A mentally-ill, suicidal man writes letters to different people about prominent memories in his life from his birth onwards—some nostalgic, some thankful, some apologetic, and some confessional.

A mother reflects on her failures to improve the troubled upbringing of her first daughter, who she raised as a single parent during the Great Depression.

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A man during the Great Depression gets a job. However, he is wracked with guilt as he watches other people less fortunate than him.