This show has helped me more than most people in my life, it helped me take notice of my own mental illnesses, and reflect upon my mistakes. As a kid who is in a very isolated place in the world (Iqaluit, Nunavut [Canada])watching this has made me feel less alone and finally feel understood in a way that no one has understood me.

This has to be the most honest show I’ve seen; I got to watch this character go through so much and in a very personal way. It showed the raw emotions everyone has felt but no one talks about, it showed mistakes/regrets that are so bad that you can never forget. It shows the guilt, hurt, and shame from trauma that’s constantly in your mind. How all these feelings and memories can make you do even more bad things when you just want to be good.

I’ve also made a better connection with my Dad because of this show. We sometimes watch it together, then we talk afterwards. And it means so much to me because I never felt like I can talk to him about anything, I never thought I would be able to finally be honest to him and vice versa. But now we finally understand eachother a little more, we both know how hurt we’ve been and how much we love eachother and want to help eachother. I’ve also been able to create boundaries with my mom, after seeing Bojack’s mother I saw how similar she is to my own mother, and I felt like I needed to step back from her and not let her have such an effect on me.

This show made me reflect on my whole life and realize how much I’ve gone through and that I’ve been drowning, and that I need to breathe. I’m slowly but surely accepting what I’ve been pushing down inside me for the past 18 years of my life. And just like the show said ‘It gets easier, but you got to do it everyday. That’s hard part’, but for the first time in my life I feel like I’ve had a nice big deep breath.

Thank you for reminding me that I need to breathe, for being the bubbles that helped me back up for air.

Thank you to every single helping member of Bojack Horseman.