This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Gustavus chapter.
*CAUTION* Minor spoilers ahead.
1. The urge to watch an episode starts to creep up on you.
2. You promised yourself you wouldn’t watch at night . . . but then you’re like mmm, f**k it, bring on the demogorgon.
3. You enter the portal.
4. The theme song plays and you get HYPED.
5. You’re 20 minutes in and only able to watch the bottom half of the screen through your fingers.
6. TOO SCARY, TOO SCARY, TOO SCARY. Run away from your computer/TV.
7. Need a snack break.
8. You’re back and ready to FINISH THIS.
9. The end credits finally play and you stare at your reflection in the black screen for a few minutes before furiously googling every fan theory ever created about the upside down.
10. Rinse and repeat.