Important Points I Think We Should Consider In The Discussion Around Mental Health

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CLAY: “I promised myself I wasn’t going to say something stupid like ‘are you okay’ or ‘how are you doing’ because, like, how the f**k do you think, right. But how are you?”

JESSICA: “How the f…k do you think?”

CLAY: “Yeah…Do you need to. . .talk to somebody. See somebody?”

JESSICA: “Who?”

- 13 Reasons Why S1 Ep. 13 Tape 7 Side A

“The smoke is enough to choke you, there doesn’t need to be a fire.”

Billions Season 1 Episode 6: The Deal

There’s a difference between watching something on a screen and feeling it. 13 Reasons Why is one of the few television series that I actually felt. The emotions weren’t on the surface either. I was actually frustrated. I had to press pause, and I vividly remember going for a run after flying through 5 episodes in the first season. I watched the entire season in a weekend.

Often when I have experiences like that I ask myself why.

Why was I so frustrated at my computer screen?

Why was I going through these episodes so quickly?

Why is 13 Reasons Why the most popular show in Netflix history?