Original sentence: His best friend Van is too burnt out to provide any coherent speculation, his sister has gone goth, Matt has too many issues of his own to give a cogent answer, Van's Sister has been recently institutionalized, and Marcy and Tricia are too inebriated and self-involved to give him any sort of solace
Edited sentence: His best friend Van is too burnt out to provide any coherent speculation, his sister has gone into the depths of gothic self-involvement, Matt has too many issues of his own to give a cogent answer, Van's Sister has been recently institutionalized, and Marcy and Tricia are too inebriated and self-involved to give him any sort of solace