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.
When I was in a really dark place I watched the show on repeat. Theres a lot of joyful moments in between the painful ones, and some great blink-and-you’ll-miss jokes. Watch it together. Best case she will be able to point to some scenes and say “I really identify with that.” Worst case you’ll enjoy an entertaining show.
Edited to add that the main theme of the show is that you keep on living and getting better but it’s not easy. You can’t skip to the end of healing, and you have to do the work. One of the best quotes in the show:
“Life sucks and then you die.”
“I think life sucks and you go on living.”