Last month, as I settled down to binge on my favourite Netflix drama, a startling message flashed up on screen. Before the first episode, the actors went out of character and earnestly issued the following statement: ‘This programme contains content some viewers may find distressing.’
A special website, they said, had been created to help us cope with the sensitive ‘themes’ that may arise.
My evening wind-down routine had suddenly become stressful. My heart rate began to thunder and my fingertips tingled as I anticipated the disturbing scenes I was supposedly about to witness.