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Estimated release year/decade: Must have been before 2011 because I saw it before I left school.

When I watched it: Probably 2009/2010?

Language spoken: English

Is it live action? Yes, but there were sections in claymation. I think maybe they were the troubled teen's thoughts, or drawings coming to life? I think horrible things happened to his family in them, maybe?

From what country: Not sure on this one. I would imagine UK or US.

Genre: Not sure, but it was deeply unsettling to me as a teenager!

Details I Remember:

There were self harm themes - I remember one scene where he applied a cream to old self harm scars, but using a knife.

I think there was a scene where he used a laptop in a public place.

Honestly my memory is shocking on this one.

 

I quite often find myself needing to use a short stretch of London road when I'm traveling by bicycle, but it absolutely terrifies me. Every single time I'm there, some food delivery driver or taxi almost kills me. Even just crossing over the road using traffic lights I am basically guaranteed to have someone try and overtake me far too close and at speed. Yesterday within 30 seconds I saw one cyclist get knocked off by a taxi passenger opening their door into the road without checking, then a different car pulled off the kerb without indicating directly in front of me, making me emergency stop and the car behind me almost hitting me.

How are you all staying alive? Are you just avoiding it completely? Cycling in the centre of the road so that you're safer from doors and swerving but pissing off everyone behind you into potentially dangerous overtakes? I'm reasonably new to city cycling and need advice on survival.