10 Depressing Truths Bojack Horseman Will Teach You
1. No-one Else Is Responsible For Your Happiness
This is one of the harshest realisations that the show delivers. It makes a huge point about the concept of happiness and at times, really brings into question whether the idea is even possible. In the end, however, it shows how you can only seek to develop your own happiness by working on it yourself. If you rely on others to find it for you then you will be doomed to fail.
Bojack as a character seems to be on this constant existential search for meaning and joy. The pitfalls that he crashes into are often born of his not being able to discover what makes him happy outside of what he has been taught to care about. Simply put the only way that Bojack could end up being content is finding out how by himself.
In regards to the viewers, this truth essentially encapsulates every lesson that we learn from the show. No one matters but you. If someone is toxic and it makes you unhappy, then they aren't your priority. If the idea of forgiving someone who hurt you is too painful, then you are not obliged to. If you feel that others are responsible for your toxic behaviour, then you are simply ignoring the real route of the problem.
This is the beauty of the show. It ultimately teaches you that you are autonomous in your desire to improve and gain happiness.