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What was the piece of media so emotionally overwhelming you just stopped it? (self.asklemmy)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Sons of Anarchy. The show portrays so many people living in ever-increasing states of desperation. One episode ends with a character hanging himself and I almost quit right then and there even though there were multiple seasons left. I had never seen so much depression and crushing desperation portrayed like that. I took a break from it after that episode.

I did finish the show and it was indeed horribly depressing, but incredibly well-done and well-written.