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.
Talk.to.her. I hate to make assumptions, but she’s most likely really struggling; a common trend with myself and other people I know who watch it tend to rewatch it most when they’re very depressed. The character Diane brings me a lottttt comfort and validation (I’m sure your daughter would be able to explain exactly what I mean by that, and that may help pick at her brain how she’d feeling). It’s not that the show brings you to a dark place necessarily, but it helps get through particularly bad mental health periods/episodes.