Tear Jerker / Hyperbole and a Half

• Adventures in Depression offers a very realistic portrayal of depression and the self-loathing that comes with it. Many of the scenes are still funny, but in a brutally depressing manner. "Oh, you're going into the kitchen? Cool. Go fuck yourself." Thankfully, it ends with a Heartwarming Moment.
  • Depression Part Two topped it. Hard. Again, very realistic, and very...heavy.
• The way her poor dogs freaked out when she moved, although it's as funny as it is sad.
• Her illness in "Texas" and how it was treated. Aside from dragging her off the racetrack when she collapses and having her stay in the hospital overnight, no one seems to pay that much attention to her. She's able to deliriously wander off by herself and end up in a rough neighborhood, and when she returns she wonders if anyone noticed she was gone. This should not happen to anyone, let alone people who are that ill.
• About half of Solutions and Other Problems covers the period of the above-mentioned Creator Breakdown, which included a cancer scare, her sister's death, her divorce, and her ongoing battle with depression. A specific example is the chapter "Losing." It describes how confusing and horrifying it was to prepare for her own death and then survive, skipping holidays with her family until New Year's Eve when her sister committed suicide. Allie remarks that they had a weird relationship, then dedicates several pages to drawings of her sister, before lamenting that she never found closure. She remarks that she bawled the hardest at her sister's funeral without even realizing it. Despite Allie's concerns that she could never convey her confusing feelings accurately, this section is a pretty accurate description of grief.