Without a doubt, they were the worst months of her life.
I dont know if it was the tragedy porn aspect of it, she says.
As sh*tty as I was doing, someone on the show was doing worse.
Greys which premiered 20 years ago this spring might seem like a weird place to find sanctuary.
After all, its a show where screams of Shes crashing!
soundtrack a constant cycle of deaths and disasters.
You might want to check on her.
Junghee, 38, from Tokyo, revisitsGreyswhenever she needs to compartmentalize something painful happening in her life.
I feel like it gives me more appetite for life.
AGreysrewatch can even be an early sign that someone is having a rough go of it.
But when things get bad, I get overwhelmed… [the familiarity] is such a draw.
That hits a little too close to home for me, so I usually skip, she says.
Things get really dark in the third and fourth seasons, especially for Meredith, he adds.
If Meredith isnt inspiring viewers to press on, shes at least giving them some perspective.
I may think I have problems but Meredith istampering with a clinical trial?!
says Elizabeth Galanti, 28, from Nashville.
Meredith is such a flawed character, adds Victoria Coady, a 41-year-old Deloitte management consultant.
You see her making mistakes pretty relentlessly.
But she seems aware that shes not perfect and wants to grow from her mistakes.
And most importantly, she has friends around her to see to it that she does.
Coady told me shes rewatchingGreysin a period of grief after three of her relatives passed away in short succession.
like when doctors find a miracle cure or a patient beats the odds.
Its kind of like that.
For many people, rewatchingGreysseems to be a secret or at least solo ritual.
Sometimes, when friends ask what shes been watching lately, shes not sure how to answer.
Depending on the person, I might lie because of some perceived judgement Ive made up, she adds.
Its my secret show just for me, she says.
Its my hour of solo self-care.
Its sort of like therapy.
Price first watchedGreysas a teenager, but she picked up the show again during the pandemic.
And when she started from the beginning, she cried for the first time in months.
It sort of cracked me open.
It brought me back into myself.
The secret to a catharticGreysmoment?
The messy, sometimes contradictory emotions all wrapped up in one.
Its one of those moments that feels like a warm blanket.
I take it to mean this too shall pass, but almost more realistic.
Its comforting to think of healing and growth as never-ending, like a carousel that doesnt stop turning.
The doctors go through hell, but they keep going.
And that is the real magic ofGreys.
What looks like escapism at first becomes another way to engage with your problems, not run from them.
To her,Greyswill always be more than just a comfort show.
And if I get hurt, knowing there are some really hot doctors who can save me.
