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collette

ive been looking forward to this reaction ever since your live stream! thisll be my first time rewatching it and i remember loving it. steve carell and timothee are amazing actors!

Angelique 🩶

Audrey coming in clutch with the comfort kisses at the end was so precious ♥️

Angelique 🩶

This movie is a roller-coaster of emotions and when I watched it for the first time, I couldn't even finish it. So much of the story hit home personally. Not because of the addiciton aspect necessarily, but because of the father-son relationship depticed.

Angelique 🩶

A lot of parents, including mine because of her mother, have the fix-it notion about drug use, mental health issues, s*lf h*rm, etc. People from older generations in general tend to be so off-put by it in my experience because education surrounding those topics especially in America is so taboo. It's this... 'but why' attitude and as someone going into the mental health profession, it's really frustrating to have to explain over and over why that's not the key and not something that should be brought up until the *victim* of the substance abuse is recognizing those aspects in their recovery themselves. It can take people years to figure out the 'why', and that's okay.

Megan (th3_ant1_h3r0)

Wow…Shit…Basically, everything you said in your opening honestly hit me right in the soul! I relate…damn, do I relate! You hit the nail on the head with what you said dealing with toxicity in family situations, and it just threw me. It made me pause and appreciate just how far I've come on my healing journey, so yeah, thank you for being so open. And it would be a damn shame if I didn't take a minuteto say that I find it really refreshing for a guy to be so vulnerable about all these touchy subjects; because although it's becoming more common, society still isn't quite there yet. And it should be more acceptable and welcoming for men to be afforded the equal amount of grace to openly express their thoughts and emotions without fear of judgement just as we women do. So, I respect that about you too. I love how genuine both you and Audrey are and that plays a big part in what draws me in as a Patron of your channels. I've found that as far as the majority (quite literally, besides my brother) of my family I have to love from a distance. I love them. Not just because they're family, but because they're human beings, even if they've said and/or done many hurtful things to me. I've learned I can LOVE them and not LIKE them one damn bit…and that's OKAY! Mind blown when that one hit me and actually stuck 🤯! And there were many beautiful memories I have from childhood. It wasn't all bad by a long shot, but the parts that were, were bad enough to give me one helluva case of PTSD. Anyway, I’ve forgiven them for all the ways I was wronged by a few of them, in just about every way you can wrong a child growing up. And some of the verbal, emotional and psychological “beatings” I call them, even lasted so far as into my early 20’s, and I’m 37 now, for context. It took a years of self-destructive behaviors, and then YEARS of intense therapy, a shit-ton of self-exploration (some good, some not so good), frequent intervals of deep self-reflection (at times absolutely wonderful, other times pretty painful) and countless restless, sleepless nights of sorting through all the bullshit screaming in my head, BUT I did it. 😊 And I can proudly look myself in the mirror today and say all of it—the delightful, the great, the good, the bad, the ugly, and even the heartbreaks made me the woman I am today. Not a victim, a survivor. And I actively choose to forgive them…not for them, for me. Out of self-love, self-respect, and aiming to be the best person I can be, and the most healthy version of myself I can be (I haven't always been so kind to myself, and I still fall short of that goal all the time, but I actively try daily) to be the best me I can be, not only for myself, but for the folks who DO truly love me unconditionally, just as I am, and they have respect for the now healthy boundaries I've set to achieve what I strive for most at this point in my life: simply peace. I lived in chaos for far too long, and I owe this peace and calm I've claimed now to that little girl who never really had it. Side tangent I just thought of as I'm wrapping up what's become a fucking essay 😂…I thoroughly understand the concept of needing to be in the “right” mindset to watch a specific type of movie, or even listen certain songs. We are the only ones who know ourselves well enough to know the correct timing of when we can deal with certain subjects and absorb them for what they are, while still guarding our well-being. Again, thank you for your willingness to wear your heart on your sleeve, be open, real with us, unapologetically yourself, and having the guts to speak your truth. Kudos! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 OHHH, and *HUGS* 🤗 Now, after ALL THAT…imma finally watch this movie! 😂🤣