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He showed textbook signs of depression, he was irritable and in a low mood the whole season. He was acting out, he plagiarized an essay which implies lack of motivation.

The Duffer brothers confirmed it:

First of all, did you guys forget about season 2? Where Mike was depressed?

Also, it’s unrealistic to expect a 16 year to be able convince their friend not to commit suicide right before they are about do it. That’s why I hate when people judge Mike for the way he was acting in the void. What do you expect him to do? Think logically? His biggest fear was about to become true, he was begging her to stay.

I really wish that we saw El getting a pet or at least interact with animals, she clearly loves them.

The same people: Max was canonically depressed in season 4. Her showing signs of depression after her stepbrother died is actual depression, not just grief!!

The same people: W*ll was canonically on antidepressants because there were pill bottles in him room!! (Even though we never saw what pills there were and it had never been confirmed by anyone)

Why can’t you guys just accept that both Max and Mike struggled with depression? Both are a good portrayel of depression. The only problem is that they didn’t really do anything with Mike’s depression after season 2. Mike didn’t really have his own storyline after season 2, his whole characters kinda revolved around El. It would be interesting if in season 4 Mike was depressed again after Will and El moved away, but instead they pretended like Mike’s depression never existed. They kind of did the same to Max’s depression in season 5, after she came out of her coma and her friend died, she was fine. That’s not how depression works.

I also think it’s weird how they accept W*ll having pill bottles in his room is him being canonically on anti depressants, but Mike showing signs of depression and being confirmed by the duffer brothers isn’t Mike being canonically depressed.

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