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The Boy Who Was Born a Girl: One Mother's Unconditional Love for Her Child

Jon Edwards and Luisa Edwards

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Brought up as female for 15 years, Jon can remember feeling different from other girls since he was...

Pocket Tutor Psychiatry

Neel Burton, Thomasz Bajorek and Thomas Stockmann

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Titles in the Pocket Tutor series give practical guidance on subjects that medical students and...

tonidavis (353 KP) rated 13 Reasons Why - Season 1 in TV

Jul 11, 2017

It not afraid to go there (1 more)

Clay

There are better YA book about suicded i would of prefered be made (1 more)

Triggery for self harmers and those who attempted suicde

There are better adaptions of suicide premise in YA

From the age off 11 i self harmed at 23 that changed into worse depression and suicide attempts. At the time of these events i never really heard of people my age doing that so i think that seeing this series could of helped in some way not feeling alone. I did read the book 10 years ago and as it wasn't visually as graphic as the TV series it made me release other people go through bad stuff and get into suicidal places. My problem with the show isn't the suicide it about the blame she forces onto everyone else. For me when i made the transition from self harming and depression to truly ending it other people didn't come into play, The suicide was merely the only option to my own though no matter what had or happened in the past nobody else should be taken down for it. I know know that it will always affect others in ways you cant know but at the time I never saw it. So for me books about suicide in YA fictional field that handle it better are books like All The Bright Places are better at exploring this premise and i look forward to the film as its been optioned.
As for the Tv version of this show I loved Clay and the boy who played him the acting was superb and I enjoyed the series however for people who still self harm or are suicidal this show is very very triggory.

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The Last Days of Socrates

Plato

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Euthyphro/Apology/Crito/Phaedo 'Nothing can harm a good man either in life or after death' The...

Catherine (40 KP) rated 13 Reasons Why in TV

Aug 29, 2017

13 Reasons Why

2017 | Drama

7.6

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It doesn't fit with my personal experiences with self-harm and suicide (0 more)

Poor Portrayal

To be honest, I didn't finish this series. It was THAT bad. I personally struggle with clinical depression and have some friends who have considered and/or attempted suicide. To me, it was a poor representation of what I have experiences. Suicide is a personal decision, chosen by people who don't feel as though their life is worth living anymore. Oftentimes, this decision IS reached after a person has been a victim of bullying and/or abuse. However, these events lead to a person devaluing his/her life and suffering so much they just want to end it. In the series, the girl seems confident in her analysis of each event and tells them how they should have acted differently in certain situations. It has been a while since I watched it, so I don't remember specific details that bothered me, but I don't remember her holding herself accountable for anything. There was no self deprecation or even much introspection. Perhaps others' experiences are different, but this series was so different from what I have experienced; it really didn't strike a chord with me as it seems to have other viewers.