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05-03-2017, 05:13 AM
I haven't watched the show for fear of triggers - and it sounds from your description JL that I made a good choice. I didn't know it was based on a book, Dragon! I don't think I will be reading that either.
I have a 'stick my head in the sand' mentality when it comes to suicide in the media - we change the channel if something comes up on TV that could trigger me, I don't read fiction that deals with suicide. I even find reading memoirs of people who have attempted suicide difficult (I'm particularly thinking of a failed attempt to read Kay Redfield Jamieson's autobiography - a well respected psychiatrist who also has bipolar). I'm not sure that's the healthiest choice, but it works for me.
I have a 'stick my head in the sand' mentality when it comes to suicide in the media - we change the channel if something comes up on TV that could trigger me, I don't read fiction that deals with suicide. I even find reading memoirs of people who have attempted suicide difficult (I'm particularly thinking of a failed attempt to read Kay Redfield Jamieson's autobiography - a well respected psychiatrist who also has bipolar). I'm not sure that's the healthiest choice, but it works for me.