A strange collection of braincells :3

Seeing Charlie’s ocd affect him in a way that I could relate to hits so hard I was fully in tears at multiple points.

The scene where he’s so close to relapse and is just desperately going through therapy exercises brought back so many memories of doing almost the same thing, hours of counting and naming objects and trying to recenter just enough to avoid doing something worse later and this is the first time I’ve ever seen that actually represented.

Also the part near the end where Charlie says he can see a future where he couldn’t before ran over me like a fucking train because I feel like so many young people with mental health stuff going on struggle to see even the possibility of a future and having someone to use as an example of how it’s possible to leave that hole is so so so important.

Examples of characters in media that have reached a stable (note that cured isn’t really a thing here) point in their mental health journey, including relapses but also acceptance of their mind and joy in spite of and because of it, is so incredibly rare and something there should without question be more of.

I can only hope that what Alice Oseman has done is start something that will lead to the representation we so desperately need.

We need shows that can give us an example of what life can be like after the crisis.

Maybe if we have more examples of someone who goes through hell and actually comes back and can be happy the next generation of kids, crying in their room and so sure that they wouldn’t make it past 25 will have something big and real and bright to guide them through it, to tell them they’ll be ok and happy and live~ if they just give it time.

Time and patience and compassion do so much if they are given the space to work and I really believe Heartstopper is part of helping to create that space so thank you.

Thank you to the creators and the cast and the wonderful community that made everything possible. Thank you for making at least this one (no longer so much of a kid) kid so happy and so much less alone.

I love you all so much and I wish I could do so much more than post into the tumblr void, I wish this could have been better and more emotional and less rambly but nonetheless, one final time,