Blog #7

Werther has a serious case of depression through his obsession with a young woman named Charlotte, whom he calls "Lotte." His mind is consumed with his affections of Lotte even though she is engaged to Albert. Although Werther is close friends with the couple, he has few other relationships to comfort himself with. He is extremely hurt when he is with or away from Lotte because of the situation. I have told Werther to go away for a while and to try to disconnect from Lotte and form new close friendships. He has agreed to travel from Wahlheim to Weimar. I hope that this will help ease his mind, but I fear that he will be devastated if he returns (I should say when because I know he will return) to find Lotte married to Albert. She loves Werther, but not in the same way that he loves her. I have tried to console Werther as much as I can, but his chronic depression is the worst case I have encountered.