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Anxiety and Electronic Music, a Match Made in Musical Heaven
“I’ve got what Yeats called… (Irish accent)… ‘A fire in the head.’ I refuse to be intimidated by reality anymore. After all, what is reality anyway: nothing but a collective hunch.” -Trudy from The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe A fire in the head that engulfs every even-keeled thought into something […] More
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How I Related to Aspects of Depression in BoJack Horseman
Late in Season 6 of BoJack Horseman, Diane and Mr. Peanutbutter are catching up after some time apart, and she says to him: “When you’re Diane, you can live your whole life like it’s a puzzle, put together from the pieces of different sets….Your whole life is full of these pieces that don’t quite fit.” […] More
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in Music
The Healing Powers of The National’s Boxer
I have suffered from anxiety and depression for years, although I didn’t always realize it. When I was in high school, through my college years, during moments of high anxiety, I’d describe myself as feeling “sick” or just “weird.” It wasn’t until things became out of control, where my heart felt like it was beating […] More
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Maria Bamford is My Hero
Depicting mental health issues in entertainment is always a dicey endeavor. Even if the creative person (or people) behind a project are clinically diagnosed with what they’re dealing with, they still end up suffering from the inevitable criticism that their depiction is incorrect, tone deaf, or even irresponsible. I understand the need for people to […] More
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Just Then the Phone Rang: On Pink Floyd’s The Final Cut
The Final Cut has a way of feeling almost like Pink Floyd’s forgotten album. It wasn’t included in the box set I bought some 20 years ago after I discovered the band (though Momentary Lapse of Reason and The Division Bell were), and of course it makes sense that David Gilmour might want to distance […] More
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Grief, Depression, and the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Musical
“Grief, Depression, and the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Musical” comes with a trigger warning for depression and grief, at the request of the author Where there’s life, there’s hope. Every day’s a gift. Well, that depends… This is not your typical fan article. I’m writing this as part of Mental Health Awareness Month, with the […] More
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A Possibility Of Happiness: Mental Health in “The Commuter”
The kind of long narrative of serialized TV can be wonderfully immersive, but here at 25YL we also recognize the value of a great standalone episode. Join us as we explore horror and sci-fi anthologies old and new, along with some other standout episodes of shows you love. This week, Chris Flackett examines an episode […] More
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in Videogames
Celeste: The Most Accurate and Thoughtful Depiction of Mental Illness in a Video Game
Recently, Desmond Amofah, a YouTube streamer who went by the name “Etika”, was committed suicide after a long battle with mental illness that had occurred on-and-off during the last few years. Mental illness is a serious problem, one which I can speak first hand about given that I’ve suffered from it in the past (and still […] More
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“You Are Good Enough”: Soap Operas, Mental Illness & Me
May is Mental Health Awareness Month and here at TV Obsessive, we want to highlight some of the television shows and characters that spoke to us directly about this sensitive subject. This week, Martin Hearn looks at UK soap operas, what various storylines are doing to remove the stigma around mental health, and how they’re […] More
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in Series
The Good Doctor Offers a Refreshing Depiction of Autism
May is Mental Health Awareness Month and here at TV Obsessive, we want to highlight some of the television shows and characters that spoke to us directly about this sensitive subject. This week, Anna Flaherty looks at the depiction of autism in The Good Doctor. Mental health awareness month is nearing to a close, and […] More
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One Day At A Time: Anxiety, Depression, PTSD, and a Whole Lotta Love
May is Mental Health Awareness Month and here at TV Obsessive, we want to highlight some of the television shows and characters that spoke to us directly about this sensitive subject. This week, Cat Smith looks at the portrayal of mental illness in One Day at a Time. Norman Lear hasn’t lost his edge. The […] More
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Better Call Saul, Mental Illness, and Me
May is Mental Health Awareness Month and here at TV Obsessive, we want to highlight some of the television shows and characters that spoke to us directly about this sensitive subject. This week, Ali Morretta looks at Better Call Saul’s portrayal of mental illness through the character of Chuck McGill. Television and film has not […] More
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