Wild Boys

pretty great though this family borders between being interesting and insightful and insufferable. the family's pro-conspiracy approach impacted the children deeply. i went to roan’s page where he posts anti-vax stuff. endless life is silly. they let fear dictate their lives. its not cute. i feel bad for roen but by the last episode i felt that drying up FAST. you are privileged and obsessed with finding a oppression to assume.

The second half was frustrating to listen to the family encourage the delusions of one another. While Roen got the treatment he needed, his health anxiety has spiraled into other avenues, and unfortunately is spreading his atrocious ideas online.

What an interesting story!! Awesome writing. Twists and turns with a fantastic ending.

What really turned me off - almost as much as the boys and their parents - was Mullin’s attempt at making this sound like two rogue boys, through their odd behavior and worldviews, became heroic icons of freedom, resistance of “the establishment” and kicking societal norms to the curb. No. This is not a dreamy fairy tale. It’s instead a sad story about family dysfunction and mental illness. In fact, it’s a classic case-in-point depiction of it. I am a licensed clinical psychologist who has worked with similar adolescents and adults in both inpatient and outpatient settings for nearly 20 years. There are personality disorders, clinical syndromes, probably thought disorders, and likely substance abuse happening here. So PLEASE DO NOT romanticize the Wild Boys saga. I stopped listening to this series several times because of how disgusted I was by it, but I kept going back to it until the end because I wanted to know how this train wreck ended. I would not have wasted my time on it if I had I known in advance.