Joined the group just to say my teen daughter is absolutely in love with the show…as soon as she finishes it she starts it again. Admittedly she tried to get me to watch it this past week but with Thanksgiving and a busy life I didn’t really have time to watch much. She struggles with self harm and depressive moods, we are trying to get her help she’s in therapy and on some meds we are trying for mood stabilizing as well as ADHD. I’m just curious as someone who really doesn’t know that much about the show is she trying to tell me something? Is it something to worry about or is it cathartic? She literally watches is it over and over and in most of her spare time.
Watching shows over and over are usually a sign of feeling anxious about life. Watching THIS show over and over almost definitely means that you’re finding things particularily reletable, and watching it is a was for you to process and understand such emotions.
Definitely watch it with her, ask her about it, why she likes it, which character she likes the most and try to remember what it was like being a teen. I was a depressed teen, and I got out of it, but I sure wished I had a parent who would talk to me about how much it sucks being a teen.