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.

Ashtray.

Ashtray’s story is a sad one. His damage is extreme because he’s such a young kid doing ex extremely wild and inappropriate things.

Literally, there are no solid adults in his life to guide him in the right direction.

Any kid who grows up like that is bound to end up emotionally, traumatized, and emotionally damaged.

He was raised in negligence and had little to no chance at healthy, emotional development, which is devastating in and of itself.

The idea of growing up to live in normal life and work a normal job, or even go to college, it was probably never something on the table for a character like ashtray.

Which means he likely struggles with the concept that he doesn’t have options, which is an incredibly sad and limiting belief to have at such a young age.

But he’s not the most emotionally damaged character in my opinion, because his age being younger than all the other characters means he’s spent less years experiencing suffering the way older characters around him have.

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