Originally posted by: Pavilion_way
I do want to add that this is going to be a lengthy process for Imlie to recover from.
Here are the 5 stages of grief and what we will see from Imlie:

This is especially going to be difficult since she was not in a healthy relationship but a toxic one which she is still not aware of.
- In that toxic relationship she was emotionally dependent on AKT and the T's, had a strong fear of being rejected and abandoned.
- In addition her, self-esteem was shattered. In that relationship she was totally undermined and her self-confidence was destroyed, even when she tried to build that self-confidence. The longer she stayed in that relationship, her self-worth diminished even more, thus leading to her feeling weak, inadequate and unable to live without the other person (AKT). The weaker person in this relationship (Imlie - the 18 or 19 year old) thus started to think that they don't deserve any more than what they are getting.
- Self-esteem is very imp when it comes to recognizing abuse, putting an end to it by confronting it and being able to stand on own two feet. We saw this is in Imlie when she took a stand, burnt her mangalsutra and left the T house (I swear applause for that day
). We also saw it in the scene of her apologizing to herself. These two scenes were great but sadly just a very tiny step towards realizing her self-worth and acknowledging the toxicity of her relationship with AKT.
- Now coming to Grief: in order to properly grieve, one needs to support themselves to a great extent. But, if the part of our-self is already so damaged then how is one supposed to support themselves during this intense grief? In this case Imlie's emotions, self-respect/esteem, love and more has a deep wound which was not being allowed to heal (due to the T's calling her back and Imlie herself going back) and so when it time will come to confront grief and go through the process it will be very tough.
I don't know if this is making any sense? 🤔 I think I may have lost my train of thought and I am over thinking this cause the makers are definitely not using logic for their story 😑.
In short be ready for a lot of rona dhona 