What Euphoria Got Right — Addiction, Mental Health, and the Stories We Don't Tell Honestly Enough

The Euphoria series finale aired this week and the internet has a lot of feelings about it. As a psychotherapist who has spent years sitting with people living inside exactly what this show depicted, I wanted to offer something different than a hot take, which is a clinical and compassionate look at what Euphoria actually got right about addiction and mental health across three seasons.This bonus episode covers Rue's comorbid diagnoses and why the show depicted them with more clinical accuracy than most mainstream media attempts, the Rue and Ali relationship as one of the most honest portrayals of recovery mentorship I have seen on screen, what passive suicidal ideation that has calcified into a worldview actually looks like clinically and why it is so difficult to treat, the fentanyl crisis and what Angus Cloud's real death added to the show's ending, and the valid criticism of Euphoria alongside what I think it got undeniably right.This episode also contains crisis resources because the content warrants it. If anything here is activating for you personally, 988 is available by call or text at any time.Find me on Instagram, Threads or Twitter @darrynkrobinson. Interested in working with me? Check out my website at holistichealingtherapy.co