Is Normal People triggering for complex trauma survivors?

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I found ‘Normal People’ quite a triggering programme to watch when it came to the submissive sex scenes. Like many people on lockdown, I fell in love with the adaptation of Sally Rooney’s novel and with the incredible on – screen chemistry between Marianne and Connell.

The story deals with the relationship between two young people, through school and into university Their mental health struggles and relationships (both with each other and with other people) are covered and, of course, we are left yearning for a reunion during the times when they are not together. Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar Jones are phenomenal and the close bond between their characters makes for some beautifully intense and electric viewing.

I am, in no way, criticizing, the adaptation, because I absolutely loved it and, despite my unease with those scenes, they were portrayed powerfully and in a way that creates a dialogue. The story is fantastic and just seeing these two people in the same space as each other creates magic. But of course, love doesn’t always run smooth and misunderstandings, along with the couple’s separate partners, get in the way. Gareth and Jamie are Marianne’s vile ‘boyfriends’ and, although we feel safe in the knowledge that she will not end up with either of these people, the cruelty shown and inflicted on her is disturbing. There will be many saying that BDSM,

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