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.
watch it.
i started watching Bojack Horseman when I was about 14 and quickly got obsessed. the portrayals of family dynamics, mental health, addiction and more hit so hard for me. as of right now, I have been diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder and have spent literal years in therapy trying to get better. I was constantly getting hospitalized for mental health reasons when I first started watching too. the reason I was so obsessed with it was because I saw myself being portrayed, I decided to put in effort to get better after I finished the last season. to be fair, it’s an incredibly depressing show at times. overdose, addiction, abuse and so many more disturbing things are mixed into a show that on that outside is a comedy with animated animals. If I was you I would watch it not just because it’s an amazing piece of media but I think it could really help you understand your kid
How old are you now? What’s your opinion in hindsight of watching at such a young age? I have wanted to watch a few episodes with my kids around that age to try and communicate what depression is in a way that I could never do with my own words but there’s so much sex and drugs for 14.