"13 Reasons Why" Review and Advice
A Netflix original series called "13 Reasons Why," is breaking the internet! This show is about a teen named Hannah Baker who commits suicide! Yes, I know tragic right? Well apart from her committing suicide Hannah had recorded 13 tapes before she slit both her wrist in the bathtub of her own home.
The series go on revealing the secrets reasons one by one with each episode. You're immediately drawn in awe and curiosity in the first episode due to the fact a high school girl killed her self. Many start to think like what could be so horrid that she takes her own life well Hannah did us all a favor and left us with the exact things that drove her into the mindset that she couldn't escape. Throughout the series we see just how sensitive people can be to our actions and how we should be more observant of how we're treating others. We watched Hannah experience humiliation on numerous accounts, betrayal, heartbreak, and sadly even rape. Hannah was muted by her own bounds as you see and she knew.
We watched Hannah want help and even try to get it but her actions towards receiving it was pretty indirect, so a lot of individuals failed her. I personally object how she went about a lot of situations but I realize I'm not Hannah and I know the constraints you have within your mind are powerful considering your brain is your central control system. All things you do rather consciously or unconsciously stem from the mind. Hannah Baker wanted to prove a point by leaving those tapes and indeed she did, she raised awareness on many topics that many kids across the country are facing right now like bullying, loneliness and sexual abuse. The message was clear but it was a message we all have been taught before "treat others how you want to be treated."
Although we see a direct visual of what happens when you don't, when you ignore someone's feelings, when you treat someone less than, when you overpower them. You learn also that even the smallest interaction could affect someone tremendously and well of course a major one could tear them apart.
Although I don't agree with how things were carried out but I do appreciate them acknowledging those topics in a way that everyone would have no choice but to accept.
And the fact that we walked through Hannah Bakers last days with her added a certain sentiment to the series. I hope that this show does not add to but decreases the problem. And I wish to see more real life issues on the big screen helping bringing awareness nationwide!
I took it upon myself to create 13 ways you can practice evolving the mentality after tragedy or simply life happens to you. 1.) Love yourself unconditionally. Do not stop loving yourself because of others. 2.) Take heed to the things you allow to resonate in your mind. Practice positive thinking and regard. Change the wording of your thoughts when they don't comply with uplift no you positively. 3.) Try to understand your own feelings don't look for people to understand what they do not feel. 4.) Find an outlet to release things that weigh on you. Everyone need a way to vent because a build up of emotions is nothing but a break down waiting to happen. 5.) Express yourself in all aspects that can help you gain self clarity rather joining a club relating to a specific issue, engaging in research, engaging with people, exercise, sports, writing, etc... 6.) Outline the things that can bring you into vulnerability, cause frustration and anger. Try to avoid them. 7.) No matter what you do don't allow things that eat you up to live inside your mind it will manifest into the most ugliest form of self harm. 8.) Do not cage yourself in, get out there and explore life and it's endless possibilities even if you do it alone! 9.) Depression is hard to push through in the moment but you have to accept just that this feeling shall past! Push through the hardest on the days that you really don't want to and keep the consistency on the days you do! 10.) Accept yourself! No one knows why you do or respond the way you do better than you. So accept the faults, flaws and misfortune. 11.) Give yourself time to recover, rejuvenate and re-adapt after something has happened that causes pain. 12.) Evaluate the actions that hurt you and make sure you don't reciprocate what you can't take. 13.) Do not become the problem because of the pain endured. If you practice these daily you're guaranteed to evolve into a healthier, stronger version of yourself.
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