Baby Reindeer Was Great Bc It Showed The "bad" Sides Of Surviving Abuse As Much As The "good"; Donny

Baby Reindeer was great bc it showed the "bad" sides of surviving abuse as much as the "good"; Donny was/is by no means perfect, but that doesn't mean he deserved what happened.

we see him engaging w unhealthy coping mechanisms, w reckless and self destructive behaviours, not bc they're meant to help him cope, but to show that self destruction, recklessness and unhealthy coping mechanisms DO exist, and that they're not always as obvious as a slit wrist or playing chicken in a busy road.

and then we have the "would you think it about me?" scene and just... I broke down. completely. I didn't even need to hear the line abt the Catholic Church.

Baby Reindeer was just great, tbh. it WAS very triggering at times and yeah, I was almost sick. I cried, too. but that's bc it was RAW and it was REAL - it wasn't painting what happened as somehow great or deserved or "good". it treated it properly. it's not the glorified, romanticised, normalised kinda film abt stalking & sexual violence that we see in the media - it's REAL.