Do tv programmes ever touch a nerve in others ?

[AnyaMarx]

I'm watching normal people in I player for what must be the 4 th time

I love it but it kills me .

It reminds me of loves lost .

I'm alone now and have been for a while and will be I suspect for the rest of my life

That kind of sexual connection is rare and I've only experienced it once I my lifetime

It makes me a little sad

When marianne said to Connell it's not like this with anyone else
I knew exactly what she meant

I read the book first before I watched the bbc series but the beeb got it right , I loved the characterisation and the actors got it spot on

It makes me cry every bloody time I watch it though . I miss that chemistry.

I couldn't stand it 😂 I'm sorry it makes you feel sad, though.

A lot of shows have raised memories for me, too, some bad and some great. Some of the good ones make me feel nostalgic for lives I have lived - a little bit like you, perhaps, but my takeaway is more that I'm very glad I had those experiences.

The one that really shocked me was a true crime programme. I hardly ever watch those but now I know why I decided to watch this one. It was about John Worboys, the rapist black cab driver. After having multiple "Oh my god" moments during the show, I rang the police number they showed at the end. Officer talked it through with me; I had been one of his victims.

I had an abusive childhood and some books and programmes really hit a nerve for me. Mine was more emotional abuse and neglect, some physical abuse but not much so its more stories where one child is clearly neglected compared to the more favoured children etc that can have me sobbing out loud. Some writers seem to really capture the essence of what that feels like

I can’t watch the “long lost family” reunion type of show. Or anything that shows a heart-warming picture of adoption. My adoptive family are far from this ideal to say the least. My adoptive parents would never have been allowed to adopt a child by today’s standards that are set for would-be adopters. As for long lost family, after years of searching, I finally found my birth mother only to be rejected. She had never told her husband (who came after my birth).

I can’t watch anything about animal cruelty, even if the perpetrators get their comeuppance in the end. Images of animal suffering lodge in my head and pop into my thoughts at random moments, and I end up feeling sick, shaky, sad and angry.

I found Maid on Netflix a really hard watch. It made me realise how abusive a relationship was at Uni as the way the husband acted was so so similar to my boyfriend at the time. It was 20 years ago and I was so young and I just thought it was 'normal' because he never actually hit me. It brought all those feelings back that I'd tried to forget and move on from.

Funny cos I was raised in care for some time and yet programmes like "kids" dont bother me

It's stuff I feel I've lost that hurts me - stuff I can relate to about abuse or care doesn't.