Humans are born neurologically unfinished. We depend on caregivers not just for food and shelter, but for emotional regulation itself. Before language, before logic, before memory as we know it, the nervous system is learning one essential lesson: Am I safe in connection?

Netflix’s K-Pop Demon Hunters isn’t just a fantasy about idols and demons—it’s a viral allegory for mental health, trauma healing, and shame recovery. Through Rumi’s hidden “patterns” and Jinu’s struggle between grandiosity and guilt, the film mirrors real-world psychology: how avoidance feeds anxiety, how connection transforms pain, and how music becomes medicine for the nervous system. Drawing on current research in depression, anxiety, and men’s mental health, LMFT Daniell