 13 reasons why season 2 just launched on Netflix today and I was debating on whether or not I was going to make some videos on it because it seemed like season 2 is going to be more of a teen drama than actually cover some mental health topics like season one did but after watching episode one there are definitely some major issues regarding mental health that we need to talk about so stay tuned what is up everybody this is chris from the rewired soul where we talk about the problem but focus on the solution it's mental health awareness month glad that season two of 13 reasons why started and we're gonna talk about it so be warned there will be spoilers I just finished watching episode one and if you haven't watched the first season either a you need to go watch it or be you might be confused about some of the plot points that I'm talking about okay but anyways these are my first impressions and like I said in the intro when I saw the preview for season two it seemed like you know they weren't gonna address like depression and things like that like it was going to be more like oh what kind of crazy stuff's going on more of a mystery and like well that is definitely something that's going on this season there are some mental health things that we should talk about okay so I'm gonna break it down by a few of the characters so first off let's talk about our main character clay okay so clay at the end of season one you know he found out everything that happened to Hannah and he's trying to get her justice and everything like that and right now the trial is starting so the parents of Hannah Baker we're gonna have a settlement but now there is an actual trial and they're calling in witnesses to the stand so I'm not gonna dive too much into the plot of that it's making things definitely interesting but anyways clay he is struggling with closure um this season and this is something difficult like I made a video about how I've dealt with a lot of grief and loss and it's something that's difficult and especially for clay so this season he he really doesn't want to talk about it he's his his mom's trying to get him to talk about it um he's now dating a new woman and he doesn't want to talk about with her and things like that and it's definitely messing with his head and this is this is something that we need to process so when you go through therapy when you work with a therapist um or any kind of like a 12-step recovery program like you get to process things so a lot of the the trauma and disturbances we have is because our brain hasn't been able to properly assess the situation and walk through that story and so clay is currently holding on to a lot of guilt and shame and things like that and he's not gonna fully heal so hopefully this season he opens up and we get to kind of see his process going through that now the next thing regarding clay so his new girlfriend he's now dating the girl I forgot her name he's now dating the girl who he was friends with a long time ago and he starts talking to her again at the end of season one well they're now dating so they are about to uh do uh the fang right and as they're messing around he notices cuts right and he calls her out on it's like what what's this and she says oh I used to you know cut down there like a common place for people to self harm is their inner thigh okay and he's like no these are these are fresh cuts and that's when she has to tell him the truth she's like yes I did I was cutting you know da da da and he he's trying to do kind of what I talked about in my last video go check it out about how to help somebody with depression right so he starts doing a bunch of things that you don't do right so he starts saying like haven't you meditated you know why don't you go for a mindful walk and I'm like don't do that stuff you know and he's he's like you told me that you would call me before you cut and da da da and he's just he's barraging with this stuff so while this comes from good intentions the conversation needs to be much much different um so there is going to be the topic of self harm this season and it's something that I haven't touched on on my channel yet and I know it's something that we need to talk about because not only do a lot of people struggle with self-harming behaviors but a lot of young people do too so if you would like me to do videos on self harm like let me know in the comments like I try to make videos catered to you so if that's a topic you want me to discuss please let me know but we're gonna see more of how that progresses this season but here's something that that happened later is that when Clay and her were about to do their thing again right like um he freaks out because he keeps seeing Hannah and he won't open up and talk to her about it and she thinks that there's a problem with her because he's saying like you know uh there's nothing I just can't do it tonight all right and she feels ugly she feels unattractive and things like that so by the way if any of you are in a relationship with somebody who struggles with mental illness like start working on conversations like the more that is unknown the more this thing gets to create crazy stories so since Clay is not being honest with her about what's going on with him she's taking it as she's not attractive you know she's not good enough and things like that so I think this might make her cut some more okay so without even realizing it Clay might be triggering her cutting next let's talk about Alex so at the end of season one Alex tried to commit suicide all right and we didn't know if he lived or died like they were like you know this kid just shot himself okay so in this season like there's some questions that are unanswered I was like googling stuff I'm like did I miss something um but it's it's kind of playing into the plot of this season but Alex wrote a suicide note and he doesn't remember anything they don't really answer the question of like was he drunk was he high was he blacked out or whatever but his memory is now shot um probably because of the suicide attempt Alex's situation so in this season he's returning back to school so he was in a coma for a while he's now seeing a therapist uh and a doctor he has a limp he probably did um some brain damage or nerve damage um but this is really interesting and I haven't talked about this on the channel but he's dealing with life after a suicide attempt so when going back to school he's worried about what people are gonna think are they gonna judge him and all these things and like I'm really glad this show is addressing that like man like the show has done a good job with a they have a new disclaimer at the beginning and stuff and like for all the people who are bashing on this show season one like calm down calm down okay like this show is bringing up very good topics that we need to discuss and I'm really glad that they are showing Alex's struggle like returning from a suicide attempt and you know this is why there are people who make multiple suicide attempts because even after that it's even more it's almost more difficult you know what I mean so I'm glad they're showing and I hope we see some some resolutions to that so now is my third topic of this and this is one of the reasons why I dislike people saying that the season one was glorifying suicide and stuff like that because when Alex returns to school um one of the guys tells him that they're not allowed to talk about it they're not allowed to talk about suicide they're not allowed to talk about Alex's suicide attempt they're not allowed to talk about what happened to Hannah and if they talk about any of these things they're gonna get suspended like what what like that's crazy and this is the issue this is one of the biggest mental health issues in our country is that we keep saying just don't talk about it just don't talk about it just don't talk about it that's not how this thing works we need to talk about it now I will tell you this Mr what's his name I think it's Mr Porter he is my man this season so it's interesting because they say don't talk about it or you get suspended but this uh this guy he's actually making this mandatory like class for people to come in there and process and talk about some of these things so it'll be interesting to see how that turns out but yeah major major issues saying just don't talk about this stuff and especially threatening these kids with punishment like y'all need to back up like this is why schools should have like licensed therapists like they should have brought in some therapists you know into this school to help these kids deal with this stuff um so yeah I would love to hear from all of you leave comments down below are you watching this season are there any other topics in this season that you think are good that you may want me to cover or unpack a little bit for other people um is there anything in this season that you struggle with that you wish other people kind of understood because I'm more than happy to do more videos this season I still don't know how I'm gonna do it I definitely don't want to do every single episode so if you have any suggestions leave them down in the comments below all right but hey you know what it's it's mental health awareness month share this video share this video because I think there's a lot of good lessons to be learned from 13 reasons why okay but anyways if you like this video please give it a thumbs up and if you are new here I'm always making videos to help you out with your mental health and spread some awareness click that little round subscribe button and if you want to check out some other content on this channel you can click or tap on one of those thumbnails all right thanks again so much for watching check out 13 reasons why season 2 on Netflix and I'll see you next time