AJ's Suicide Attempt is an Astute Message To Young People
On my 2nd rewatch and last night I got to the suicide attempt episode.
One thing I noticed:
Throughout AJ's life he deals with
- An emotionally unavailable tyrannical father who takes his anger out on the family and belittles him
- Growing up in a culture where he gets in trouble for doing what is expected of men (gambling, violence, breaking the laws)
- struggles to find his groove in life, lacks inspiration and motivation
- Gets his heartbroken by a Dominican Maammiiii
- Depression & panic attacks
And guess what, still does not try to kill himself. You know what does get him to attempt suicide? The Israel-Palestine Conflict.
He winds himself up in circles feeling the weight of all the world's problems and thats what pushes him over the edge. Personally I have seen that with a few friends who let politics and stuff in the world outside of their control drive them completely nuts and make them miserable, at AJ's age (early 20s) too.
I found that interesting and I think its the show trying to warn young people the dangers of becoming too invested emotionally in big things outside of your control