Ryan Gosling’s latest film First Man is less about space and more about how men process and cope with grief.
Therapist Jonathan Hetterly explores the film’s portrayal of Neil Armstrong’s ascension through NASA to become the first man on the moon. This week’s Psych Cinema unpacks the film’s psychological elements of post-traumatic growth, grief, loss, and emotion regulation/expression.
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