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13 Reasons Why

I know I've been away for awhile, and have so much to say, but all those snapshots about less essential things will have to wait.  Because this is really important.  There is a new show on Netflix , 13 Reasons Why , capturing the attention of teenagers and adults everywhere. When I saw it on the Netflix menu last week I passed without thinking. It seemed so much like work, you know? But it is at the top of my list now. A therapist has to be informed. This is a series of 13 shows focused on 13 people, people who in one way or another contributed to a teen's decision to end her life. Hannah Baker has already done the deed, leaves behind 13 audio cassettes implicating others. The screen adaptation is based on teen fiction writer J ay Ashers'  2007 novel of the same name . Any therapist will tell you that we all, in one way or another, have at some point in our lives, affected the mental health of another person, for better or worse. Indeed, there is a therapy adage, well-und