I’ve wanted to write this since a very long time,but i took my time because i wanted it to actually make sense to the people who originally differed.
Like everyone my age,I too watched the famous netflix TV series,“13 reasons why” and I was amazed with the courage of the entire team,to go ahead with it,knowing that their show would no doubt receive mixed reviews.
Of what I have understood from the show is that their main aim was to open discussions about the issue,about teen suicides,make them aware of how your little insignificant actions can make a lot of difference to someone.Even make them decide between life and death.
While many people believe that the choice of hannah baker to end her life was “overdramatic” ” attention seeking “even, I beg to differ.Everyone goes through a lot in their teens,and of what I’ve seen,everyone has issues.
So there are these friends of mine who believe that suicide is the “weaker ” option,an easy way out ,because you can’t face it.They say that everyone is sad sometimes,but not everyone commits suicide.
What I want to point out is ,that suicide is a choice,its not a simpler way out, killing yourself is not an easy task.You cannot undermine someone because they cannot deal with their anxiety or panic.
I know someone,who lives with anxiety day in and day out.And is well aware that some actions are completely irrational and yet,they cannot control it. Well that is because they are ill.It isn’t physical,its mental.And we have got to understand that it needs treatment,everyday,just like the flu or diarrhea.
We’ve all got to realise,now that mental illnesses have claimed so many lives,that it is not all dramatic,or fictional.It is extremely real.Whether we want to accept it,or not.
What the show intends to do according to me is,that they want you to realise that even one tiny reason can blowup into something huge.
There are people out there in the world,wicked people,who commit crimes,and of course the rapist is to blame for killing that girls soul,but equally responsible is the person who knew about it,and did nothing.Did nothing because he believed that her reaction was ” overdramatic”,and that is why this person decided to push all of that under the table and forget about it.
Come to think of it,this person is the coward here.Because he didn’t have the courage to face it,take responsibility, and provide help,instead,he/she decided to take the easy way out.
This is the easy way out.To know that someone is depressed and deciding to turn away.
She died.
Because no one decided to even talk about the minor issues that were haunting her day and night.
She killed herself.Just like hundreds of people out there.
Not only because bad things happened to her,but also because there were people out there,who knew something was wrong,but did nothing about it.
I hope this makes sense to some people.
I rest my case.