User blog comment:Flagator24/Why does Mike get so much hate?/@comment-32912801-20181229004652

"Mike seems harmless, but for me I have a serious mental illness and relatives with a mental illness, and one had a bad ending.

The character of Mike, offends and annoys many and rightly

Because I was taught that in the face of such problems, there are no magic cures.

Mike awakens indifference, anger and disgust.

And I do not know which is worse, that the writers did it without consideration or thinking that it would not matter, but hatred and rejection took effect and then came characters with mental illnesses with better development, Shawn, Jay and Mickey, characters that should Live and fight against their diseases day by day.

No mental illness is cured in a day, or with a button, or much desire, it is a struggle of life, until the end of this.

And if each person suffers from his illness in a different way, there are different levels, milder, more serious, with medication and / or therapy, but none is magically arranged, since the message that this character transmits is the following: you have a mental illness that can never be happy with itself or with anyone.

And this disease is not completely cured, because it can always come back.

And the fact that Tom does not respond and has never given an explanation, practically ignores it, makes it clear that Mike was a mistake.

The detractors of this badly written character, have their reasons, I love TD and many of his characters, but as a person who has suffered and will suffer for life a mental illness that hinders my life and I saw a family member die for not being able to do more with his illness, this character is useless, despicable our pain and experience, as well as our happiness.

In my therapies with psychiatrists, in my meetings with other patients like me, we are always told that in one way or another we can relapse.

And I hope that each day is better than the previous one, and if there are people who have almost completely overcome their illness, the last thing I would want is a relapse, nobody deserves it.

But we live in a world where nothing is a total guarantee.

Mike mocks and is a terrible example of all that, because in the end he heals completely, feels better than ever and the season makes it clear that he will be happy, it is an aberration.

And I will say more, my psychiatrist told me once, that although I suffer, those around me also suffer, and if I do not control myself and face my illness, I can be a danger to those I love, and that is precisely what Mike does, the not being sincere, the self-harm with a rock, never asks for forgiveness or is aware of the damage caused by his irresponsibility, is an aberrant and disgusting example and deserves all the scorn he receives.

Shawn, Jay and Mickey are more earthly and humanizable characters in that aspect, and it was thanks to the great hatred that was felt against Mike that Fresh worked harder.

Shawn is a boy who seems to be only a joke, but in reality he is a boy who suffers from phobia (Kinemortophobia: The fear of the undead) very extreme, because he thinks they are real (in the forums of psychiatry it is not specified what cause). , it can be a trauma, psychological disorder, neuronal lesson or principles of a schizophrenia or other illness) but it does not limit it as a person, it is strong, independent, as far as possible sociable, kind, funny, intelligent, with normal defects Like any other person, a person with virtues and defects also combined, make it a very humanizable character, who unknowingly coexists with a highly developed phobia that makes him paranoid.

Jay and Mickey are brothers who suffer from hypochondriacal disorder and both struggle to improve and improve, even when they have everyone against them.

These three characters show their appreciations in a subtle and tragicomic way, with their ups and downs, their problems, but with their effort they can overcome them, with comprehension and maturation, which makes them great in 3 (without buttons of restarting the childish or similar nonsense)

In Gravity Fall or Adventure Time they deal with the subject of mental illness in a more credible, humane, responsible, subtle way, which helps to understand and know that we must overcome and keep fighting not only for others but also for oneself, that there lies the true cure.

Mike does not accept his illness, in TDAS he cheats and lies, he self-injures, and he almost puts other people in grave danger, and he heals himself by magic for the convenience of the story, he does not go through any authentic process, He never faces his illness in a plausible way.

One way to banally trivialize an important topic, simply ridicules the suffering of many.

Each patient is different, but nobody is completely cured, the possibility of returning in some way always ends, I have seen, consulted and lived, and I know that there are people who currently do not have to return to lead with their illness, but they are always alert.

And Mike never comes back, the scorn and hatred that awakened, ensures that we will never see him again.

With therapy, help, medications or whatever the patient needs, you can have a long and happy life, but it is not a simple decision with a button, without any professional help.

Mike literally makes things worse, hurts himself and becomes a danger to himself and others, in fact, that scene was highly criticized and with good reason.

Mike is a character who mocks that pain and experience.

I'm sorry for all the great text, but it's what I feel, and I think that if a show opens the door to a serious topic, it must be clear what scope it can have."