It only takes one meeting, one person to change a life. This is the case of nine Quebec teenagers who had the chance to cross paths with family doctor Banafcheh Hejazi. The latter, concerned about their well-being, bet on art therapy in order to calm their anxiety.
Mockery, loneliness, dependence, aggression: the reasons for anxiety are many, and this is what the documentary series Teens and anxious illustrates by painting the portrait of nine young people aged 12 to 20. The 45-minute episodes feature discussions with their families, friends and the DD Hejazi, but also what they are brought together for, namely theater workshops headed by Patrick Labbé and led mainly by Étienne Courville.
Anxiety is a disorder suffered by nearly a quarter of Quebec teenagers (23%) in 2018. The great possibility that this percentage has since increased, courtesy of the COVID pandemic, can only justify a series on the subject. Its treatment, however, takes patience and time, which makes it somewhat telegenic. That said, we can not accuse the series of hiding the truth because of the young age of the participants: they reveal important parts of their lives and their intimacy.
Finally, Teens and anxious is a particularly human docuseries, which highlights the uniqueness of the life of each of its subjects, their struggle with anxiety and, above all, the ways to help them.
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