#TriggeredMar 23, 20203 min readRenée (19) on Skins: “Why should I recover? It was beautiful to be a mess!”Renée (19) didn't want to go through with her recovery from depression after seeing the British TV-series Skins.
#TriggeredMar 16, 20203 min readEricka (19) on ‘The Edge of Seventeen’: “They normalised being suicidal as if it’s a quirky trait”Ericka has been struggling with suicidal thoughts for years. For her, 'The Edge Of Seventeen' normalised being suicidal as if it's quirky.
#TriggeredMar 13, 20203 min readHannah Willems (17) on 'Skins': “I thought every teenager was supposed to do drugs to be cool”Hannah started watching 'Skins' at 13-years old. According to her, the show highly romanticised drug abuse.
#TriggeredMar 11, 20204 min readThomas (21) on 'To the Bone': “I never realised how much I affected my loved ones”When Thomas saw the movie To the Bone, he realised his own strength by overcoming his eating disorder.
#TriggeredMar 9, 20204 min readJessica (24) on '13 Reasons Why': "There's so much gore for a show aimed at 15-year-olds"Jessica (24) fell down a depressive slope after watching '13 Reasons Why'. As a filmmaker herself, she noticed many mistakes in the show.
#TriggeredMar 5, 20204 min readElla (18) on 'To the Bone': “It made me feel like I wasn’t doing enough to be skinny”It's Eating Disorder Awareness Week in the UK. Ella (18) from Cambridge developed unhealthy eating habits after watching To The Bone.
#TriggeredMar 3, 20204 min readBrent (21) on '13 Reasons why': “I didn’t think it would have such a big impact on me”Brent was sent in a downwards spiral after seeing 13 Reasons Why: "It was really hard for me to reminisce those thoughts."
#TriggeredMar 2, 20203 min readFemke (22) from #Triggered: "'Skins' caused me to be submerged into the world of mental illness"When Femke was 13, she binged British show “Skins”, which had a negative impact on her mental health.
