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13 Reason Why romanticizes suicide

13rw romanticizes suicide.
Before I start with this I feel compelled to say that suicide is never an easy option for anyone to take, the fact that you’ve been pushed to such a point where you believe that it is your only option is hard and even unthinkable to some of us. Now having said that, I would like to commend the directors and the writers of 13rw for making suicide look like a hard decision for someone to make and to deliver such a rock solid script is anything but easy so kudos to y’all. You must have realized by now that I actually feel that the message the TV series 13rw tried to deliver is extremely valid and that my title is basically click bait.
There have been a lot of people criticizing the TV series saying that it made suicide seem like a “cool” option for teenagers and that the show had actually encouraged teens to decide to take their lives. Another thing that has been floating around is that the show depicts suicide to be a way to draw attention to yourself.
 One, any sane person would understand the severity of someone taking their life and that it is anything but “cool”. It is true that we as people are different and cope with our problems in different ways. Some of us might not be affected by bullying or choose to shrug it off and be insular, but there are also people who are affected severely. Some people can’t just “suck it up” go on about their lives, this in no way implies they are weak , it’s a reminder to us that we are not a monolith and that we all are, again, impacted  differently. I would not deny that some teens have decided to take their lives and it might have been an influence of the show but it’s simply the way they chose to perceive it. The episodes with graphic content have warnings that ask you to continue to watch at your own discretion. So if you at any point before or during the scene felt that you were uncomfortable or that you felt impressionable, you could simply choose to not watch.
People who claimed that 13rw was great but they should have toned down the graphic scenes, well I don’t think anyone complained when graphic scenes shown in anti smoking commercials, so then why now? Is it because mental health is still seen as a taboo and something to take lightly? To me the answer is the resounding YES. The fact that the show has shown people that even the small things can affect someone in ways you cannot ever truly comprehend, will now make people think about what they say and they would now be more aware and sensitive to another’s feelings. Moreover the show has gotten people to talk about mental health the way nothing ever has and that is a great step ahead. Now people who are mentally unwell can think about asking for help and the people around and reach out to them before it too late. We now finally realize that mental health is just as important as another aspect of someone’s wellbeing.  Having TV shows tell us about the problems that we are too scared to talk about is a great place to start and I hope more TV come forward to raise awareness for the same

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