hello i saw your tags about amy pond with depression??? could you please tell me more cos i feel this is something i can totally get behind!
First off talking about Amy Pond is one of my favorite things to do so thank you.
For a pretty comprehensive analysis Iâd like to direct you to this meta that I did a while back (and am still pretty proud of) because it breaks it down pretty well.  Iâm going to treat this ask as a supplemental to that to avoid repeating myself so Iâm going to elaborate on parts of the meta (so I suggest you go read that first).
I mean thereâs references to serious depression, self-isolation, and even suicidal thoughts, all because she felt the world turn its back on her because the Doctor never came back.
To name a few of these references thereâs the part in Victory of the Daleks where the scientist-robot tries to kill himself and Amy says âI know what youâre going through, really, I doâ and tries to stop him.  Thereâs also the parts of Vincent and the Doctor where the Doctor references Vincentâs suicide and Amy gets really emotional, asking him to please stop.  In both of these instances, too much of a personal, sympathetic reaction to just be kindness.  Sheâs empathizing with these depressed people because she knows what itâs like to go through that herself.
In terms of self isolation, we know that Amy has commitment issues.  She had very few friends growing up, we only seem to know about two (Rory and Mels), and she has a very carefree and flippant attitude towards making more meaningful relationships by writing off people in her life as unimportant (like she does to Rory in The Eleventh Hour by calling him her âkind of boyfriend.â) Itâs why she ran away the night of her wedding; sheâs too scared to be attached to people.  This stems from serious abandonment issues, and depression is one result of such abandonment issues.  Often, people with abandonment issues and depression willingly isolate themselves both to protect themselves and to prevent âruiningâ their current relationships with their depression.
I donât understand how anyone could blame her for finding hope in the impossible when everything else she had was fading away, and especially as she got older and was branded as delusional as more and more things disappear from her life.
This is such an important point that I have to stress. Â This is something the fandom really glosses over but itâs true. Â Amyâs entire world is disappearing around her. Â Everything is being sucked through the crack in her wall and all she can remember is that sheâs sad and she doesnât know why. Â Thatâs textbook depression. Â Sure, it comes from extraordinary circumstances, but itâs still depression. Â Itâs so typical of people with depression to retreat into their minds and use their fantasies to help them get through the day, and thatâs why Amy did with the Doctor.
She looks at all of the sadness and darkness in her life and she never let it take her, and the show is beautiful in showing that if you fight the demons inside you can be rewarded with a literal universe of happiness and adventure.
This is the most important part though: she doesnât let it take her. Â Sheâs Amy and sheâs a fighter. Â Doctor Who shows that you can still be strong with mental illness. Â You can still be smart and witty and attractive to others and even confident. Â And even if you arenât, thatâs okay, because Amy Pond clawed her way up to get that way, she fought and fought to make it to who she is today, she lived with her mental illness and came out on the other side, and thatâs a beautiful thing to have in a show about hope. Â To show that your struggle doesnât define you, but it helps to shape you, and to have a character as confident and relatable and likable as Amy as a textbook case of depression is so amazing. Â It gives people like me whoâve struggled with mental illness a hero, someone we can relate to and love, to show that you can be strong and you can have a life, and that your mental illness doesnât define you.
I hope I answered your question! Â Sorry I posted this so late, it was sitting in my drafts but I wanted to finish it up for you.
