Daniel Farb's Stranger Things As An Analogy For The Effects Of Mental Health

In the Registered Psychotherapist article, “Stranger Things as an Analogy for the Effects of Mental Illness on Family, Friends, and Society”, by Daniel Farb, Farb explains how the new Netflix original series gives insight to the struggles of mental illnesses. Farb does this by giving examples from the series and explains how this shows some sort of mental illness. He then goes on to explain how this illness takes a toll on the person that is sick but also the ones that care for the said person.
“it becomes clear that Will isn’t dealing with ordinary childhood fears or the effects of an “overactive imagination,” but is in fact facing something that is very real and dangerous. Such is the case for many young people in our world as they struggle

Unfortunately, this does not go well for Will as the monster shows that it has complete control over Will. This quote helps relate the concept that something has control of you and won’t let you live your life, which relates to mental illness of depression. Farb uses many words like “ordinary childhood fears” and “overactive imagination”. These are bold words when talking about depression. Many people may think that someone that is depressed may just have these “ordinary childhood fears” and “overactive imagination”, which brings a connotation of depression being less serious than it actually is. Farb also uses the word “complexities” which emphasizes that depression is complex and hard to

The article opens up by explaining the Montauk Experiment. Gonzales also explains how Stranger Things was originally supposed to be called Montauk and was going to take place in Montauk, New York. Even with the change of title and location that the series is shot at the same theme stuck for the show. As Gonzales explains, “Of the many bizarre stories of what happened at Camp Hero, Stranger Things only uses three of the core elements: portals, the monster, and children with psychic powers (Gonzales).” In this quote, Gonzales explains how Stranger Things took three core elements that happened in the Montauk experiment and used them for the show. All of the core elements that are used make up the outline of the show. Will is taken by a monster and taken into a different dimension through a portal which is opened by Eleven who is a young girl with psychic powers. Gonzales uses the word “bizarre” to describe the stories of what happened at Camp Hero. Gonzales uses the word “bizarre” because the whole concept of these events happening is extremely bizarre. In the Medium article, “Behind the Lights of Stranger Things” by Lauro Kociuba, Kociuba explains her theory of how Stranger Things relates to cancer. Throughout the article, Kociuba explains how many scenes and main events could