Woman Reveals How Spongebob Squarepants Helped Her Beat Depression

On November 27, Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of the hit animated show, “Spongebob Squarepants,” died from ALS at the age of 57. In a thread that has now gone viral, Into columnist Clarishka Kent explained how one of the show’s most central characters, Squidward, helped her grasp the realities of depression. Like many of us, Kent was very young when the popular Nickelodeon show first aired in 1999, and didn’t fully comprehend the messages it was trying to send.

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