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Jessica Jones

Like Penelope in One Day at a Time, the titular character in Jessica Jones suffers from PTSD, and instead of simply insinuating this through flashbacks, Jessica's PTSD is acknowledged and named in the very first episode, when it is discovered that she has stopped seeing her therapist. Rather than using Jessica's disorder as a crutch or a justification for being an antihero, Jessica experiences very real side effects and struggles, which she attempts to ignore with destructive means of self-medication. You wouldn't think a Marvel series would provide a breakthrough in the representation of PTSD, but Jessica Jones does just that.

Watch Jessica Jones on Netflix.

Image Source: Netflix