I agree. I appreciate that I’m in the minority here of having broadly enjoyed the series while recognising that it also have some serious problems.
I guess I could say I 'enjoyed' it too, in the sense that I found it compelling, but in a sort of car crash way where I felt the participants were being deliberately shown in the worst possible light to support the psychosomatic premise of the series. I felt a lot of sympathy for the participants. It's hard to show the reality of suffering from something those around you don't believe in without leaving the audience not believing you either.
I saw the participants as victims - of symptoms no-one understood, of the orthodox medical system that turns them away, and of the huge moneymaking quack medicine industry. I felt the way the filmmakers chose to portray them added to that victimhood by making it possible for the audience to think they were deluded about their symptoms.
You may not be in a minority. I've been too vocal on this thread. I'll now shut up and leave it for others to put their perspective.
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