I’m going to discuss one of the most intersting characters from the show regarding their psychological damage. in honor of the third season of Euphoria coming to HBO Max soon enough.

All the characters are flawed of course, but some damage is more intense than others.

Kat Hernandez

Let’s talk about Kat’s mental head space.

I’m honestly still really bummed that Barbie Ferreira has decided to quit the show instead of returning for Season 3.

Kat’s arc was starting to get really interesting, so it would have been ideal to see her stick around.

But anyway, Kat’s emotional damage is largely internal and identity based.

In the first few seasons, a lot of her emotional damage dumped around her personal insecurity, body image issues, and willingness to disassociate through sexual validation.

A lot of the pain she went through was undeniably, painful, yes, but comparatively it was less catastrophic than other characters in this show.

Unlike other characters in the show, Kat still has agency over her life and circumstances.

She might have emotional damage from feeling insecure, but she was willing to reframe her insecurity to take her power back and we saw evidence of that when she started earning money as a webcam girl.

Obviously, it was super toxic that she was doing that as an underage teenager.

But it’s just a sign that she was willing to take agency over her life by attempting to build up her self love and confidence.

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