r/heartstoppersyndrome

Somebody help I am having so much anxiety watching episode 33!

So i just finished watching Heartstopper Forever and I realized how lonely i have become ever since I broken up with my ex boyfriend which wasn’t my fault to begin with. I had a toxic friendship with two friends that I have known since 2021 and I just found this guy that was Nick and he was amazing. The girl in the friendship was manipulative and toxic.

Now watching Heartstopper movie i realized that my whole life was hindered by struggle.

I’m starting to think that I might not have a relationship like Nick and Charlie hell have the friends that are in the show. I’m autistic and have ADHD and RSD. It affects my mental health in every way and I’m not a horrible person but people who knew me assumed that.

So now as I type this post, I think to myself I will never be truly happy. I crave companionship and a relationship. I don’t know… what’s the point of trying being a good, compassionate person just like Nick and Charlie. That’s why I relate to both of them…

Not even just the movie but the press tour after it and seeing the then and now pics/edits

Not evwn sure how to describe it. Heartstopper got me through a lot but the feelings around it are so complex idek how to word it.

Heartstopper made me realise how much I miss having close friends

I’m a 41-year-old man and I’m in a happy relationship, but after finishing Heartstopper I’ve been feeling unexpectedly emotional and melancholic.

At first I thought it was mainly because I related so much to Charlie and because I loved the way Nick cares for and protects him. But the more I think about it, the more I realise that it’s actually the friendship group that affects me the most.

I’ve never really had a close group of friends like that. People who know you, include you, check in on you and make you feel like you belong somewhere. Seeing that in the series made me realise how much I’ve missed it, both when I was younger and now.

It sometimes makes me feel like I’m too old to still build those kinds of friendships, even though I know real life isn’t as perfect as a TV series.

Did anyone else, especially older viewers, feel this way after watching Heartstopper? And did the feeling eventually become easier?