17 Comfort Shows to Watch After a Really Bad Breakup

Elite, beautiful Manhattan socialites lead extravagant, over-the-top lives on this fan-favorite teen melodrama. It’s fairly unrelatable to most of us—and that’s what makes it such an important distraction. “It received’t mirror your actuality in any respect, which I personally appreciated after my very own breakup,” per one SELF staffer. And whereas there are a number of themes you would possibly have the ability to join with—just like the chaos of crushes and frenemy rivalries—“the relationships are so filled with drama (and truthfully nothing to aspire to), so it received’t make you need to hit up your ex,” she says.

16. The Good Place

Eleanor Shellstrop (Kristen Bell) wakes up within the afterlife (a.okay.a. The Good Place). However she shortly realizes she’s there by mistake—and scrambles to grow to be a greater particular person to keep away from being caught as a fraud. The Emmy-nominated collection additionally stars A-list comedians like Ted Danson, Jameela Jamil, and Adam Scott, so you understand it’ll be hilariously entertaining. Past making you giggle, although, “The Good Place additionally consists of thought-provoking messages about turning into your finest self even after you’ve got made errors, which might resonate with anybody desirous to do some reflecting or soul-searching post-breakup,” Herzog says.

17. Intercourse and the Metropolis

The most effective methods to fix a damaged coronary heart is surrounding your self with ride-or-die friends. And once you don’t have the vitality to see your closest associates IRL, Carrie Bradshaw, Charlotte York, Samantha Jones, and Miranda Hobbes are right here to remind you that you just’re not alone. All through the present’s six seasons, these glamorous New York Metropolis gals assist one another throughout challenges huge and small—from courting disasters to main well being scares. “Anybody going by means of a breakup can discover a little bit of themselves in at the very least one of many present’s characters,” Dr. Orbuch provides, whether or not you’re cringing at Carrie’s horrible exes, regarding Charlotte’s internal hopeless romantic, or drawing inspiration from Samantha’s unapologetic confidence. “It’s an important and heat reminder that good associates are actually there to assist by means of thick and skinny.”

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